Computational_salvation
ellen hallihan
National College of Art and Design Dublin
“COMPUTATIONAL_SALVATION” is a memetic, paranoiac-critique on the growing appeal of transhumanist philosophy and its leading proponent, Ray Kurzweil. The work speculates that the decline of third spaces along with the social and psychological consequences of our screen-centric world, has functioned as a premeditated tactic of techno-feudalist propaganda. Conditioning society towards desensitisation, nihilism and an increasing preference for virtual environments over physical reality. The piece takes on the form of a modern day spiritual premonition about the transition to a techno-feudalist society within a club inspired installation. It presents itself as a multi-channel moving image piece on multiple CRT screens and surveillance monitors, accompanied by an immersive/overbearing sound-scape.