A SLOW, CONTEMPORARY VIOLENCE/ DAMAGED ENVIRONMENTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL CULTURE

The contemporary moment is comprised of many overlapping speeds, rhythms, and periods of time. A central theme of Jussi Parikkas bo ok concerns slowness instead of acceleration: a different sort of a temporal horizon in order to understand some of the environmenta l temporalities that media and technological arts are involved in. This is approached through art and design practices that unfold t his multiplicity of time, closely entwined with contemporary concerns in aesthetic theory, to understand and engage with the planeta ry time s...[Read more]