Extraction October
Extraction October was a private performance and a public statement that came from necessity and need. It was a weak* labour strike which consisted of an out of office, social media announcement, 'The Rules,' a Roches song and holding each other accountable. The action observed a set of rules (below) and was undertaken throughout October 2017. The rules were drafted following a realisation that despite disagreeing with neoliberal ideals of productivity and self exploitation that we were in fact reproducing these destructive tendencies on ourselves. In response to our statement various people got in touch including Kyla Harris sending us a care package and her Self Care Manifesto and Gab and Zarina from The White Pube going into Aeroplane Mode every December. The work now exists in the world in various ways, latent in inboxes or a printed reminder on people’s walls. It is also an element of Raju Rage’s work Under/Valued Energetic Economy along with Kyla’s manifesto.
*Ewa Majewska and Kuba Szreder, Weak Resistance.