of techne and logos
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Description
'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.
Reflection
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 references
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Added on
21.10.26