Andreas Vlach
@vlach
Andreas Vlach
@vlach
Our present reality is dominated by simulations, and the drive to use technocultural means, like predictive algorithms and artificial intelligence, to anticipate the future rather than react to it. Games are part of the preparation for that world, blurring the experience of simulation and the reality upon which they are based. As Crogan notes (echo
... See moreWe want a platform where we can swim in curiosity, where we can feel like our contributions amount to more and more over time, where we are encouraged to seek out the most arcane pieces of information and to juxtapose those pieces of information with current events in order to re-orient ourselves.
Above all, we want to be able to play wi
... See moreThere are countless untold stories of people caring for the young, the old, the sick, and the disabled. We like to romanticize this as beautiful, inspiring, and “proper”, but dealing with neurodegenerative diseases of the elderly is thankless, depressing, and exhausting.
Erst Narrationen stiften Sinn und Zusammenhang. Die digitale, das heißt numerische Ordnung ist ohne Geschichte und Erinnerung. So fragmentiert sie das Leben.
When making art, we create a mirror in which someone may see their own hidden reflection.
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” — Mahatma Gandhi