Severin Matusek

So a lot of the scenarios in my projects that seem to hinge ludicrously across dystopia and utopia—another set of unproductive binaries we’ve created—are actually machine-generated.

Enjoying a newfound creative energy by approaching my output in a "New Media" spirit:

- Breaking platform and category boundaries

- Inviting the public to interact

- Designing limited edition experiences

More interesting, more fulfilling, and more fun

When it comes to meme culture, I would say Elon is a Level 1 Crook or a Level 3 Street Thug at best, but he seized a moment of shared dread to engineer timeline hysteria that went on for days.

“I think people feel uncomfortable in the world today. They’ve decided that their home is their sanctuary. It’s not easy to get them to leave.”

We shifted from cyberpunk manifestos, to corporate networks and the commoditization of the user for economic extraction.

NFTs are still early, and will evolve. Their utility will increase as digital experiences are built around them, including marketplaces, social networks, showcases, games, and virtual worlds.

Le Guin and Butler use the world-building capacities of the speculative and science fictions as a cypher into the complex social, cultural, and ecological conditions of life here on Spaceship Earth[2]. In their work, Butler and Le Guin established a more empathetic kind of world-building, using the genres as a way to think critically about society ... See more