In this talk, researcher and artist Vladan Joler dissects the various layers of the superstructures that underlie new extractivist practices. Step by step, from the gravity fields of the Internet black holes to the architecture of our personalized prison caves, to the design of the numerous parts of the engines of extractivism, Joler takes us through the different allegories and concepts presented in his recent animated movie, map, and essay The New Extractivism.
The work illustrates various aspects of this prison in 33 chapters, each exploring a different theoretical concept related to topics such as power, control, digital labor, colonialism, and the exploitation of nature. In this sense, the lecture is a cognitive and visual rollercoaster, designed to help us understand the complexities enabling the new structures of power hidden behind the screens of our devices.
Vladan Joler is an academic, researcher and artist whose work blends critical design, data investigations, counter-cartography, investigative journalism, writing, data visualization, and numerous other disciplines. He explores and visualizes different technical and social aspects of algorithmic transparency, digital labour exploitation, invisible infrastructures and many other contemporary phenomena in the intersection between technology and society.
In this talk, researcher and artist Vladan Joler dissects the various layers of the superstructures that underlie new extractivist practices. Step by step, from the gravity fields of the Internet black holes to the architecture of our personalized prison caves, to the design of the numerous parts of the engines of extractivism, Joler takes us through the different allegories and concepts presented in his recent animated movie, map, and essay The New Extractivism.
The work illustrates various aspects of this prison in 33 chapters, each exploring a different theoretical concept related to topics such as power, control, digital labor, colonialism, and the exploitation of nature. In this sense, the lecture is a cognitive and visual rollercoaster, designed to help us understand the complexities enabling the new structures of power hidden behind the screens of our devices.
Vladan Joler is an academic, researcher and artist whose work blends critical design, data investigations, counter-cartography, investigative journalism, writing, data visualization, and numerous other disciplines. He explores and visualizes different technical and social aspects of algorithmic transparency, digital labour exploitation, invisible infrastructures and many other contemporary phenomena in the intersection between technology and society.
