Aleš Erjavec, Oana Șerban Abstract This interview is inspired the most important working-hypothesis presented in the volume Aesthetic Revolutions and the Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde Movements, edited by Aleš Erjavec, that questions the legitimacy of the distinction between aesthetic and artistic avant-gardes, supported by the relationship of each concept with the modern revolutionary politics. The … [Read more…]
Nicolás Antonio Rojas Cortés Abstract Acknowledging an ontology of permanent becoming has ethical and epistemological consequences for the presentation of a thought system. Ontological presuppositions have consequences for our understanding and our ways of inhabiting the world. These statements are particularly true when we think of transhumanism. The problem is that when these assumptions … [Read more…]
Kevin Rändi Abstract Implantable computing technologies are the blueprint for the ongoing process of cyborgization. Already with the present devices, design decisions and computational issues blend together with a living organism, so that our health, for example, depends on well-adjusted information security, which requires constant work and decisions by many actors of different expertise. … [Read more…]
Jason M. Pittman Abstract Humanity is transforming from a pure biological organism to a biodigitally converged being. The transformation has been hastened by rapid increases in power and commercialization of advanced technologies such as brain-computer interfaces and artificial intelligence. All indicators point towards a trend of continual acceleration away from baseline biology as the … [Read more…]