Dazed Magazineさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Dazed MagazineInstagram)「“Community, religion, locality, all these things that previously allowed us to create our collective understanding of reality have less of a chance than ever at breaking through,” says @loremaxxed_and_goblinpilled_1 whose solo exhibition Inorganic Demons is on show at @saras.worldwide in New York. ⁠ ⁠ The title comes from Reza Negarastani’s 2008 book Cyclonopedia, an experimental text about petrocapitalism, where oil is depicted as a sentient being. ⁠ ⁠ “He frames Inorganic Demons as these sentient relics of ancient forces, or forces outside of time, that are able to computationally grasp the movement of reality and its inconsistencies as modes of narration,” explains Rosenblum. ⁠ ⁠ This subversion of conventional, human-first narratives isn’t too dissimilar from fandoms and other 'alienated online spaces', where magical thinking acts as ways to dismantle conventional ways of seeing the world. “As the alienation intensifies, I believe there is some innate movement within us to collectively create meaningful narratives that make sense of reality.”⁠ ⁠ As a member of the internet collective @do.not.research Rosenblum has spent years looking into fringe ideologies.⁠ ⁠ In the show, Rosenblum presents 14 sculptures using a host of source materials, from WWII trench-based artisan weaponry to raw clay harvested from a Wendy’s parking lot during construction. ⁠ ⁠ A highlight is a model of vocaloid Hatsune Miku, arguably a modern-day icon for the internet age, rendered as an archangel above a resin altar and made from motherboard standoffs, stainless steel hardware, iridescent privacy film, and a SD card with archive Wowaka remembrance videos to commemorate the late Hatsune creator. ⁠ ⁠ These objects function as post-capitalist relics, signifiers of a consumer society that positions aesthetics as the identity blocks from which we LARP our own realities.⁠ ⁠ Read more through the link in our bio 🔗⁠ ⁠ ✍️ @internetfriend3000⁠ 📷 @loremaxxed_and_goblinpilled_1」4月24日 2時49分