Videos of Fear and Loathing of the Online Self

By Inte Gloerich, July 20, 2017 at 9:14 am.

Videos of the lectures of the conference that was held last May in Rome (together with John Cabot University and Roma Tre University) are gradually coming in. Watch the first ones here.

Including presentations by Biella Coleman, Franco Berardi, and Jodi Dean. Topics include online subjectivity theory, going behind and beyond the selfie, artistic practices of the online self, and the politics and aesthetics of mask design.

Keep an eye out on our Vimeo account for more to come.

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