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02. UN CENSORED

A DIGITAL UTOPIA AS A COLLAGE

ON 220 PAGES, A POSTER CAMPAIGN, FREECARDS AND STICKERS. 

SELF PUBLISHED 2020.

A DIGITAL UTOPIA AS COLLAGE ›UN CENSORED – DIGITAL TABOOS OF A MEDIA SOCIETY‹ EMPLOYS PRACTICES OF SEEING AND DISPLAYING, VISUALIZING AND HIDING. BREAKING CENSORSHIP. THE BOOK, IN CONCEPTUAL AND DOCUMENTARY FORM, APPROACHES THE DIFFERENT GUIDELINES AND RULES OF DIGITAL DECEPTION.

 

A CONTRAST IS CREATED BETWEEN ANALOG REPRESENTATIONS AND DIGITAL REALITIES. SELF MADE COLLAGES, INCLUDING HISTORICAL INCIDENTS OF TABOOIZATION AS WELL AS SCIENTIFIC TEXTS REFLECTING ON CENSORSHIP, DESCRIBE THE DIGITAL REGIMENTATION OF TODAY‘S SOCIETY.

 

THE BOOK ›UNCENSORED – DIGITAL TABOOS OF A MEDIA SOCIETY‹ IS DIVIDED INTO 7 CHAPTERS: THE INTRODUCTION, ›THE INVENTORY‹, IS AN INVENTORY OF THE DIGITAL SOCIETY, THE VIRTUAL WORLD. ›THE ALIENATION‹ DESCRIBES THE FILTER MECHANISMS IN THE FORM OF ALGORITHMS AND HUMAN SELECTORS. FOUR CONCRETE APPLIED EXAMPLES OF CENSORSHIP VISUALIZE CENSORSHIP MECHANISMS ON THE INTERNET. THE DISTINCT CATEGORIES ARE ›THE BODY‹, ›THE PRIVACY‹, ›THE LANGUAGE‹ AND ›THE DEEDS‹. ›THE CONCLUSIO‹ IS A SUMMARY ON DIGITAL CENSORSHIP AND COMPANIES FIGHTING FOR A MORE MINDFUL APPLICATION OF CENSORSHIP TOOLS.

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