Network anarchy and unstable diffusions @ Club Miscellania

Perfomance of HUMAN MOVIE, in a lineup of performances by JODI and Debris Facility.

Event Details: Once imagined as a decentralised utopia of free knowledge, DIY culture, and radical sharing, the internet has now evolved into a dystopia of crypto millionaires, fascist bots, doomscrolling, and algorithmic control. What we imagined as an infrastructure for openness, stability and resilience has left us instead feeling profoundly unstable, polarized, and trapped inside a chaotic walled garden of nothing but noise. To borrow a phrase from media theorist Wendy Chun, our ground truths have all turned out to be deep fakes. 

This event, spanning a performance program at Miscellania, and two days of workshops and talks at RMIT, will explore how artists, writers, thinkers, and other cultural workers can help us come to terms with the broken promises and chaotic realities of the 21st century internet.