Psychic workers explained

Psychic worker is the term first used around 2010 by the DAMTP (DAta Miners Travailleurs Psychique) to self define as a union of Data miners and psychic workers.^[1] The term was used initially to describe their activities instead of using the term 'artist', in order to "supersede the art strike.".^{[2] [3]} It has subsequently also been used by members of DAMTP to describe and develop their avant-garde activities.^[4]

In 2011 the artist Emit Snake-Beings invented the multiple-use name Karen Kranak for their activities with the Industrial Union of Psychic Workers as a breakaway faction from the Industrial Workers of the World union.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: WE ARE THE LABOUR UNION OF DATA MINERS AND PSYCHIC WORKERS. Redas. Diržys. www.4.alytusbiennial.com.
2. http://www.patogupirkti.lt/Redas-Dirzys-Kestutis-Sapoka-knygos/| "Alytus avant-gardeism: from street art to psychic workers strike by Redas Diržys and Kestutis Šapoka"
3. Web site: Tribute to Comrade Gustav Metzger – IWW 000 Dead and Destructive Reproductive Psychic Workers Union – (hyper/meta/psychogeo/situo)graphy. www.psychogeography.org.
4. Web site: Asger Jorn and Critique of Eurocentrism - Echo Gone Wrong. 27 August 2015.
5. Snake-Beings . Emit . The Construction of Karen Karnak: The Multi-Author Function . Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy . May 2013 . 147 . 104 . 10.1177/1329878X1314700106 . 10289/4327 . 15 December 2021. free .