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»We’re living in the age of augmented neurocapitalism, a precursor to biotechnical capitalism, which reinforces the notion of the body as a commodity that can be bought and sold to those with the most capital.«
—Ash Baccus-Clark. Preparing for our Biodigital Future.
NXS #5 Virtual Vertigo examines the challenges posed to the self by the digital extension of reality and its murky underbelly. Distractedly chatting over FaceTime while its Attention Correction function redirects your eyes' focus to the camera, to talking on the phone with eerily human-sounding virtual assistants, or watching deep fake videos with convincingly-crafted celebrity simulations presenting us invented statements, are digitally-mediated interactions that undermine our trust in our senses to access reality. The manifold network of contributors investigates questions such as: What emotional responses might a computer-communicated reality precipitate? How is user behavior influenced upon returning to the physical world from those layers of lifelike experience? Which ethical pillars should be kept high? And are we able to restore our understanding of the structure of reality or adopt a new form that can resist manipulation?
With contributions by:
Manuel Arturo Abreu (DO)
Giusy Amoroso (IT)
Galit Ariel (IL)
Ash Baccus-Clark (US)
Cibelle Cavalli Bastos (BR)
BEA1991 (NL)
Karolien Buurman (NL)
Amber Case (US)
Harriet Davey (UK)
Daphne Dragona (DE/GR)
Mat Dryhurst (UK)
Friederike Hantel (DE)
Holly Herndon (US)
Bailey Keogh (US)
Baptiste Kucharski (FR)
Kim Laughton (UK)
Sean Mahoney (UK)
Shawn Maximo (CA/US)
Florian Mecklenburg (DE)
Katja Novitskova (EE)
Omega.C (DE)
Fr. Bertie Pearson (US)
Douglas Rushkoff (US)
Tamar Shafrir (IL)
Dan Stout (US)
Miro Tiebe (DE)
Belinda Zhawi (ZW)
NXS #5: Virtual Vertigo
Released: Winter 2020
Size: 38x15 cm
Pages: 60
Price: €20
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»We’re living in the age of augmented neurocapitalism, a precursor to biotechnical capitalism, which reinforces the notion of the body as a commodity that can be bought and sold to those with the most capital.«
—Ash Baccus-Clark. Preparing for our Biodigital Future.
NXS #5 Virtual Vertigo examines the challenges posed to the self by the digital extension of reality and its murky underbelly. Distractedly chatting over FaceTime while its Attention Correction function redirects your eyes' focus to the camera, to talking on the phone with eerily human-sounding virtual assistants, or watching deep fake videos with convincingly-crafted celebrity simulations presenting us invented statements, are digitally-mediated interactions that undermine our trust in our senses to access reality. The manifold network of contributors investigates questions such as: What emotional responses might a computer-communicated reality precipitate? How is user behavior influenced upon returning to the physical world from those layers of lifelike experience? Which ethical pillars should be kept high? And are we able to restore our understanding of the structure of reality or adopt a new form that can resist manipulation?
With contributions by:
Manuel Arturo Abreu (DO)
Giusy Amoroso (IT)
Galit Ariel (IL)
Ash Baccus-Clark (US)
Cibelle Cavalli Bastos (BR)
BEA1991 (NL)
Karolien Buurman (NL)
Amber Case (US)
Harriet Davey (UK)
Daphne Dragona (DE/GR)
Mat Dryhurst (UK)
Friederike Hantel (DE)
Holly Herndon (US)
Bailey Keogh (US)
Baptiste Kucharski (FR)
Kim Laughton (UK)
Sean Mahoney (UK)
Shawn Maximo (CA/US)
Florian Mecklenburg (DE)
Katja Novitskova (EE)
Omega.C (DE)
Fr. Bertie Pearson (US)
Douglas Rushkoff (US)
Tamar Shafrir (IL)
Dan Stout (US)
Miro Tiebe (DE)
Belinda Zhawi (ZW)
NXS #5: Virtual Vertigo
Released: Winter 2020
Size: 38x15 cm
Pages: 60
Price: €20
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