We spend almost a third of our lives connected to the internet, in a space-time of total internal reflection. Online lacks any randomness or chance; and this illusion of fate and order is at odds with the actual structure of the universe. Online we are not social beings but commodified identities; immersed in diluted ideas, weak connections and fleeting emotional states that neither originate within us, nor belong to us. We are possessed by the internet, and so dispossessed of life.
What is after the digital? We interview critical theoristJonathan Craryon the internet complex. ArtistChristine Sun Kimreviews contemporary society.TanyaandZhenya Posternakreview graffiti written by soldiers in Ukraine, whileSirkhaine Darkroomreviews the role of play on the Turkey-Syria border.Rhea Dillonperforms an opera of the street,Emily Barkerreviews accessible bathrooms andKazeem Kuteyigoes outside.Seth WheelerandJamila Squirereview shoplifting.Jack Selfreviews object persistence,Maddy Weaversreviews comfort andSahima Meemreviews the Adobe Suite.Jerry Gogosianreviews Instagram,Lucy Roeberreviews the Milf andJackie Wangreviews Tiqqun. Plus much more.
