Totality Study #1: Internet, a definition

Zach Blas

Totality Study #1: Internet, a definition, 2015Sign in to view price
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Material
photo luminescent vinyl
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This artwork appears to be a textual definition or description of the term "Internet." The visual elements consist of a black background with green text providing a multi-part definition. The composition is centered and minimalist, allowing the text to be the focal point. The subject matter is a formal, academic-style definition of the Internet, covering its architectural structure, network dynamics, and its role as a pervasive cultural representation. The artistic style is typographic, emphasizing the conceptual and informative nature of the piece. The overall context suggests this is an artwork exploring the complex and multifaceted nature of the Internet as a technological and cultural phenomenon. ...

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Zach Blas
Artist
Zach Blas
B.1981, American

Artist, filmmaker and writer Zach Blas engages with technologies of surveillance and control through the lens of queer and feminist politics. Primarily working in film and video, Blas creates works that explore the alternatives to dominating structures, be it the Internet transforming into a tool for totalitarian oppression (Contra-Internet, 2015-2019) or the gendered politics of face recognition technologies (im here to learn so :)))))), 2017). Combining the dystopia of contemporary forms of control, hiding in devices of artificial intelligence, biological warfare or airport security, with queer and feminist theory, Blas considers the notion of the outside, of all that which does not comply with the established, Western normativity. It is through the idea of the outside that he uses his artistic practice to find the alternatives or, in the artist’s words, “the horizon of possibility”. For Blas, his artistic practice - comprising immersive, psychedelic films, performative lectures and academic writing - is an open space for queer utopia. ...

Zach Blas: Artworks
Totality Study #1: Internet, a definition
Zach Blas
Totality Study #1: Internet, a definition, 2015
Totality Study #2: Internet, a .gif
Zach Blas
Totality Study #2: Internet, a .gif, 2015
Contra-Internet: Jubilee 2033
Zach Blas
Contra-Internet: Jubilee 2033 , 2015
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