Technical Affordances, Tragedy of Interactivity, and The Whatever Theory – Interview with Alexander Galloway

In my pursuit of addressing the politics underneath the interfaces, I discovered Alexander Galloway’s book The Interface Effect. Alexander Galloway is a writer and programmer working on issues in philosophy, technology, and theories of mediation. An interface, for Galloway, is an autonomous zone of aesthetic activity breeding its own effect — a matter that attracts … 

 

I went to Silicon Valley and all I got was a new app

Los Angeles is developing and integrating web3 tools as a means of establishing ‘democratic’ methods of online consuming, while Silicon Valley…What is going on in Silicon Valley? If Sweden exports cultural styles and trends to Western European countries, and Western European countries export cultural leftovers to Eastern European countries so that they can make faux … 

 

For an Imperfect Website: The Rise of Folder Templates

I belong to the generation that never associated a folder with its physical essence. Hearing the term automatically gave my imagination an appearance of the graphical icons in the operating systems that have followed me since I became an internet user. Without questioning their function, I spent years organizing files, making collections, moving them up … 

 

For an Imperfect Website: Authenticity Revisited

I often wonder why am I able to instantly distinguish cheap art from expensive art. I don’t even have to analyze the materials of an artwork, speculate on the temperature or environmental conditions under which artwork has been brought to life, nor question how grand the idea behind its concept is, in order to say … 

 

For an Imperfect Website: The most vandalized form of art in the 21st century

In 2020, Nicolas Jaar was about to release his new album called Telas. The first time I heard the news was during his first DJ set on Twitch during the pandemic. During his short introduction speech, he mentioned that he was working on it. As a big fan of his music, I was very excited. … 

 

Staying on the Grid: Platforms, Psyches, Paths @REDCAT, Downtown LA

On Saturday the 21st, the California Institute of the Arts MA in Aesthetics and Politics Program and the School of Critical Studies will be holding a conference “Staying on the Grid: Platforms, Psyches, Paths” at REDCAT downtown. We are bringing together community groups, researchers, and artists to discuss contemporary net culture. ‘If Twitter is the canary in … 

 

A Poem about the ‘Rise of the Machines’ 1/2

True that, The internet was not always present, But the guns were.   Actually, did you know that the first virtual spaces, cyberspaces of the grid-like electronic globe, were specifically built for pilots to race with their jets ?   Year: early 1970s Trigger: Vietnam by   This surely isn’t a contemporary discovery. But a … 

 

A Poem about Suggested Reactions

<3<3<3 or Oh my lol. Tricky. Wow just wow or Wow!  Let me think.   Let me just, Sit there in the corner and, try and make something rational out of these blue guts; Anything lucid a day keeps the companies of sadness away.   I believe it’s more complicated than me attending a corner, … 

 

A Poem about Screenshots

Upheavals erupt, faster than change.   There are three known cops in my head, Cops in my head.   The Cop of Time, Grants freezing one of the two existential passions: Cringe or, Cling.   *Witch* does not always lead to  a craft:    She devotedly invests time, in missing something someone, As a ground … 

 

A Poem about a Container

I need a container, To help me contain The fluidity of all That I do not desire To chain;   like a company. Academic, cultural, scholarly, instructive. Youtube tutorial.   I need a container, To order my facts chronologically. Flat. Straight. Linear, (Until wet).   For inclusion, Exclusion, Fearlessness, Confidence, the most.   For each …