Jake Chapman's Accelerate or Die!

Jake Chapman's Accelerate or Die! (2023)

Documentary

As one of the highly provocative British art duo The Chapman Brothers, artist Jake Chapman is no stranger to challenging his audience. In this new film, he poses the question, “why is it easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism?” Perhaps the answer is ‘Accelerationism’, which emerged 50 years ago and predicted the reality we’re now living: A frenzied stasis of rapid technological advancement coupled with cultural and political stagnation. Capitalism – Accelerationism claims – is breaking down our society, our humanity, and our planet. But the only way forward is not to run from it, but to dive deeper into it. Regardless of where that takes us… As befitting for an artist as visual and extreme as Jake Chapman, this film is also part-artwork – playfully and uncompromisingly distorting the idea of how a documentary should look and feel.

Director: Mike Christie

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	Jake Chapman as Self
	Matt Colquhoun as Self
	Will Self as Self
	Jeanette Winterson as Self
	Anab Jain as Self
	Jon Ardern as Self
	Alex Williams as Self
	Pete Wolfendale as Self
	Beth Singler as Self
	Amy Ireland as Self
	Isabel Millar as Self
	Tim Crosland as Self
	Will Davies as Self
	Patricia MacCormack as
	Robin Mackay as

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