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|Entry number=095
|People=Anna Trevisan
|Entity=Individual
|Title=of techne and logos
|Link=https://oftechne.ink/contents.html
|Type=Thesis
|Discipline=critical
|Subject=Feminism, Post-human, Techno-social
|Description=Of techne and logos is a thesis project by Anna Trevisan, in which she explored the cyborg as both a condition of digital life and a lens on gendered power, through a collection of essays. In “The Cyborg Condition,” Trevisan utilised the figure of the cyborg to read how digital identity forms across bodies, images and platforms. It traces how online self-fashioning promises control, belonging and escape, while drawing us into continual work of curation, consumption and self-surveillance, while “Programmed to Perfection” develops this argument through Ex Machina and Her, showing how female cyborg ideals persist across bodies and disembodied voices, reinforced by costume, interfaces and atmosphere. A tactile prologue and epilogue frame the research as situated making, while the independently published website extends its inquiry into digital form. The study also recognises the limits of its focus, particularly its underdeveloped attention to race, class and genderqueerness.
|Reflection='Of Techne and Logos' is a thesis project by Anna Trevisan that explores the cyborg as a condition of digital life and a lens through which to examine gendered power. Across a series of essays, Trevisian considers how digital identity emerges in relation to bodies, images and platforms.  The Cyborg Condition, examines the promises of control, belonging and escape offered by online self-presentation, as well as the ongoing work of curation, consumption and self-surveillance that these promises require. 'Programmed to Perfection' expands upon this investigation by examining Ex Machina and Her, tracing the persistence of female cyborg ideals across visible bodies and disembodied voices, reinforced by costumes, interfaces, and atmospheres. A tactile prologue and epilogue contextualise the research as situated practice, and the independently published website extends the inquiry into digital form. The study also acknowledges its limitations, particularly its underdeveloped attention to race, class and genderqueerness.
|Quote=A productive tension emerges between the essay’s description of unequal systems of aesthetic control and its sweeping assertion that 'we are all cyborgs'. This highlights the profound impact of technology on contemporary life, prompting the question of whether everyone experiences this condition with the same agency or exposure to harm. This question is also relevant to Oftechne.ink, which combines two elements: an exploration of the cyborg as a metaphor and an experimental publishing space driven by code. Built and maintained independently, the site incorporates its mode of circulation into its argument: it is digital, open-source and self-directed.
|External reference=[https://www.trevisananna.com Anna Trevisan], this body of work has been developed under the support and supervision of, [https://libraryofunrulyfashionpractices.com/ Hanka van der Voet], [https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/persons/alex-esculapio-2/ Alex Esculapio], and, [https://www.instagram.com/lenncox/ Lenn Cox]
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