Abstract: Post-Love is a book that touches on everything from technology, politics and queer theory, written by the Russian author Viktor Vilisov. We will gather at the Relationship Geeks Assembly and read chapters of this book, together. Cozy discussions and collective dreaming about the future will follow.
Description: "In Russia, as in many other places, love has definitely reached an impasse; the necropolitics of the past and present inhabit the public sphere with sacred ghosts and stifle conversation about living human bodies, the diversity of their forms and the relationships between them. The result is fewer meaningful relationships that bring joy and stability to all parties, and more violence."
This is how Vilisov describes their book, Post-Love. They offer a radical perspective on affect, politics and technology. At the same time, the author and their personal experiences, situate this book inside of the tumultuous present of Eastern Europe.
This book has become interesting to some of the folx who have visited the Relationship Geeks assembly at 38c9. A physical copy of the original Russian version of the book will be available for browsing at the assembly, during 39c3. The version that is being used for the collective reading is an machine-translation into English.