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Nonfiction. Technology. Sexuality. Edited by Johannes
Grenzfurthner, Guenther Friesinger, Daniel Fabry, Thomas
Ballhausen. As the official artists' collective representing Vienna
at the Sao Paulo Art Biennial in 2002, the monochrom
group--Johannes Grenzfurthner, Gunther Friesinger, and Daniel
Fabry--invented an artist called Georg Paul Thomann and carried off
the exhibition as a very elaborate prank. The trio, aided by
philosopher Thomas Ballhausen, brings that same sense of the
cutting-edge and the carnivalesque to this collection exploring
erotica, science fiction, and technology. A bracing mix of literary
forms, the book shows why the fantasy genre is especially suited to
the investigation of the transgressive realms of sexuality and
pornography. Here questions of science, research, and
technologization are examined, along with the complex surrounding
urbanism, artificiality, and control (or the loss of control).
Provocative and penetrating, DO ANDROIDS SLEEP WITH ELECTRIC SHEEP?
reveals a wealth of depictions of the future and shows the many
ways in which they also address the present.
A Halloween Tradition that will excite young children and help
create healthier eating habits while still allowing them to enjoy
the fun and adventure of Trick or Treating.
From the depiction of female genitalia in a cave painting to the
latest Internet porn, technology, art, and sexuality have always
been closely linked. So closely, in fact, that the development of
emergent technologies -- photography, motion pictures, and the
Internet -- has been largely fueled and funded by pornography. As
J. G. Ballard once prophesied, "Sex times technology equals the
future." In the spirit of Ballard's epiphany, an eclectic group of
writers, theorists, artists, and philosophers gathered to speak at
the 2007 Arse Elektronika, an annual conference hosted by the
celebrated art-tech-philosophy collective monochrom. The talks are
collected in "Pr0nnovation?" Lively and wide-ranging, they explore
the porn-tech connection historically and in the present day,
covering topics such as sexual privacy in the online world, DIY
pornography, the impact of digital effects on adult films, sex toys
of Granny's day, and software interfaces for sexual interaction.
Timothy Archibald, author and photographer of the acclaimed "Sex
Machines, " contributes color photographs.
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