Virtual Futures' 'cyberotics' vividly carves out in big, thick 'drink me, eat me, use me' letters, the punk-rot psychosis of the information age. Here the dis-figured/re-figured body, skin, genitals, genders, saliva, tears, automobiles and out of pocket imaginations rub up against the (not-so-innocent) mutilation of postmodernism itself. As the cows go to slaughter, nothing is sacred in this acid-take-all revolution.
–Sue Golding, University of Greenwich
Virtual Futures cyberotics vividly carves out in big, thick drink me, eat me, use me letters, the punk-rot psychosis of the information age. Here the dis-figured/re-figured body, skin, genitals, genders, saliva, tears, automobiles and out of pocket imaginations rub up against the (not-so-innocent) mutilation of postmodernism itself. As the cows go to slaughter, nothing is sacred in this acid-take-all revolution.
–Sue Golding, University of Greenwich
Product Description
Virtual Futures explores the ideas that the future lies in its ability to articulate the consequences of an increasingly synthetic and virtual world. New technologies like cyberspace, the internet, and Chaos theory are often discussed in the context of technology and its potential to liberate or in terms of technophobia. This collection examines both these ideas while also charting a new and controversial route through contemporary discourses on technology; a path that discusses the material evolution and the erotic relation between humans and machines. Including essays by Sadie Plant, Stelarc and Manuel de Landa, the collection heralds the death of humanism and the rise of posthuman pragmatism. This collection provides analyses by both established theorists and the most innovative new voices working in conjunction between the arts and contemporary technology.
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