Autonomy and Automation
<p>For the eighth issue of <em>How to Sleep Faster</em>, Arcadia Missa has brought together work—in a variety of forms—responding to the theme of <em>Autonomy and Automation</em>. The increased use of automated processes has often been considered a threat to personal and political autonomy, yet traditional notions of automation are changing, with movements such as Accelerationism (and its right-wing variant espoused by neo-reactionary thinkers like Nick Land and Curtis Yarvin) and Fully Automated Luxury Communism becoming an increasing part of mainstream debate. But does the popularization of this discourse around autonomy—and the increased use (in art and in everyday life) of automated processes like 3D printing, social media, machine learning and supermarket self-checkouts—homogenize the autonomous artist and, in turn, the autonomous artwork? Is it possible for art to maintain an autonomy or a political agency under automation? Can an artwork shed the eurocentric art-historical gaze and exist without the viewer being the sole agent of its existence, and if so, does this go hand in hand with greater agency for the artist?…</p>
Editors: Ruth Pilston, Rózsa Farkas
Contributors: Emii Alrai, Sahar Amer, Shola Amoo, Chila Burman, Jack Clarke, Sami Hammana, Rózsa Farkas, Ray Filar, Britney Gil, Sami Hammana, E. Jane, Rindon Johnson, William Kherbek, Margaret Lee, James Massiah, Jordan Nassar, Hatty Nestor, Ruth Pilston, Tabita Rezaire, Kari Rittenbach, Betty Roytburd, Linda Stupart
Cover Image: Jordan Nassar
Part of: How To Sleep Faster
ISSN: 20523777