An essay in Triple Canopy on the post-pandemic exchange of faces for interfaces, suits for sweats, presence for liveness, and freedom for safety.
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“Avatars Don’t Improvise”
An essay on the artist Angela Bulloch, fantasies and disappointments of virtual life, the relatability of automatons, Jungian archetypes in marketing guides, and the transformation of cities into templates from computer-aided-design programs.
Outside the Hit Factory
A response to the question: why (more) Katy Perry? A lecture, illustrated with chart-toppers, on the use of consumer-behavior data and neurobiology research in the production of pop songs that are guaranteed to be pleasing to as many listeners as possible.
“‘Whose Roads Lead Everywhere to All’: Notes Following a Conversation with Lorraine O’Grady”
An essay on the myths made by institutions and artists.
“They, the People”
An essay on representations of the people in art and populist movements.
“Be a Cutting Machine”
A fiction on the cult of instruction.
“Ask the Stone to Say”
A conversation with artist David Horvitz about the standardization of time, space, and communication—and the ways in which we can resist and evade standardization by attending to the rhythms of our bodies (as well as the auditory landscapes of nineteenth-century villages).