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NXS #2
FALL 2017
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»The self becomes a membrane, and as any porous material, it has certain rules and restrictions. In short, the synthetic self can let through certain things and protect against others. «
—Geert Lovink. Defining the Synthetic Self.
NXS #2 Synthetic Selves centres on how the self is understood in the digital era, by investigating whether we have full agency in constructing ourselves and what kind of images of ourselves we are broadcasting. Online environments are playgrounds for our identities and places for becoming the other. At face value, online platforms seem to promise us the opportunity to become anyone we want. Yet what happens online has consequences in the physical world, and what happens online is supported by the physical systems in which we grow up and live. Technology not only mediates the narratives of our daily lives, it shapes them.
With contributions by:
Armen Avanessian (AT)
Arthur-Ervin Avramiea (RO)
Hannah Barton (UK)
Gilles de Brock (NL)
Karolien Buurman (NL)
Ivan Cheng (AU)
Kim de Groot (NL)
Benjamin Grosser (US)
Andrea Karch (DE)
Kristýna Kulíková (CZ)
Geoffrey Lillemon (US)
Geert Lovink (NL)
Aaron McLaughlin (UK)
Dr. Alberto Micali (IT)
Shintaro Miyazaki (CH/JP)
Nina Power (UK)
Daniel Rourke (UK)
Sophia Seawell (BE)
Marloes de Valk (NL)
Keith J. Varadi (US)
NXS #2: Synthetic Selves
Released: Fall 2017
Size: 38x15 cm / silkscreen cover
Pages: 76
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