Hybrid Systems :
Future Voices / Zukunftsmusik
Future Voices / Zukunftsmusik
The Society for Nontrivial Pursuits has won the open call for next year's Kontinuum generative sound stream: ctm kontinuum
We will invite people worldwide to give voice to what they expect, hope, or fear for the future. Both radio and internet began as projects for two-way communication – hopes were high that everyone would be given a voice. The radio quickly became a one-way mass medium that played a central role in 20th century dictators grabbing power, while the internet has drifted toward hyper-monetization, citizen surveillance, and extremism. The attention economy embodied in the rating mechanisms of most social media favors loudness and conspiracy theories, creating filter bubbles and digital tribes, while a multitude of less provocative individual voices tends to get lost in this flood... (continued on following page)
We will invite people worldwide to give voice to what they expect, hope, or fear for the future. Both radio and internet began as projects for two-way communication – hopes were high that everyone would be given a voice. The radio quickly became a one-way mass medium that played a central role in 20th century dictators grabbing power, while the internet has drifted toward hyper-monetization, citizen surveillance, and extremism. The attention economy embodied in the rating mechanisms of most social media favors loudness and conspiracy theories, creating filter bubbles and digital tribes, while a multitude of less provocative individual voices tends to get lost in this flood... (continued on following page)
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