Marginal Networks: The Virus between Complexity and Suppression
'Virus talk' has become very fashionable lately. Our culture of fear suggests to us that we constantly and exclusively refer to viruses as negatively connoted, harmful or potentially dangerous. I argue that despite the prevalent publicising of harmful features, viruses contain a somewhat h...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Open Humanities Press
2005-01-01
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| Series: | Fibreculture Journal |
| Online Access: | http://four.fibreculturejournal.org/fcj-020-marginal-networks-the-virus-between-complexity-and-suppression/ |
| Summary: | 'Virus talk' has become very fashionable lately. Our culture of fear suggests to us that we constantly and exclusively refer to viruses as negatively connoted, harmful or potentially dangerous. I argue that despite the prevalent publicising of harmful features, viruses contain a somewhat hidden complexity that has been often overlooked or neglected. In this essay, viruses are examined in a number of artistic interventions that exploit them for political and/or purely aesthetic purposes. The examples elucidate the significance of viruses as cultural notions as well as the existence of a contradictory and conflicting relation between their so-called potentialities and their negative reputation. |
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| ISSN: | 1449-1443 |