Author: Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron
THE CALIFORNIAN IDEOLOGY by Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron
“Not to lie about the future is impossible and
one can lie about it at will” - Naum Gabo
As the Dam Bursts…
At the end of the twentieth century, the long predicted convergence of the media, computing and telecommunications into hypermedia is finally happening. Once again, capitalism’s relentless drive to diversify and intensify the creative powers of […]
Author: Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron
BASIC BANALITIES by Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron
Common sense for the digital age
Information technology has no destiny - it simply mediates social relations between people.
Cyberspace is not a consensual hallucination, it is a construction site created by human labour.
People create their own technology, but not in circumstances of their own choosing.
Cyberspace is where the imaginary can become real.
Artist-engineers must create virtual spaces […]
Within this MySpace version of the electronic agora, cybernetic communism was mainstream and unexceptional. What had once been a revolutionary dream was now an enjoyable part of everyday life.