Faceless
Faceless
Re-inventing privacy through subversive media strategies
ed. by Bogomir Doringer and Brigitte Felderer

Author(s)
Bogomir Doringer, Brigitte Felderer
Publication
Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2018
Scope
304 Pages, illustrated, 24 cm.
ISBN
9783110525137

The contributions to this book explore a phenomenon that appears to be a contradiction in itself – we, the users of computers, can be tracked in digital space for all eternity. Although, on the one hand, one wants to be noticed and noticeable, on the other hand one does not necessarily want to be recognized at the first instance, being prey to an unfathomable public, or – even less so – to lose face. The book documents artistic and other strategies that point out options for appearing in the infinite book of faces whilst nevertheless avoiding being included in any records. The desire not to become a mere object of facial sell-out does not just remain an aesthetic endeavor. The contributions also contain combative and sarcastic statements against a digital dynamic that has already penetrated our everyday lives.


Keywords
new media
Location
Cabinet 11 - 3: Technologie + Posthumanisme
Remarks
Incl. references.