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Taken apart, most works of computer theater share the same seven parts.
A manifesto for computer theater
the body will be present.
the body will continue to be present.
the body cannot be removed, even as the digital takes over, even as the mind begins its upload.
the body is the new virus.
the body is the oldest virus.
the body is here because the body is what we are.
the body as invasion. the body as contamination.
the body as vessel.
the body as original algorithm.
the body as the most addictive algorithm.
the body as the ultimate provocation of the mirror neuron.
the body as gift and trick, wisdom and fool.
the body as instantiation, high precision.
the making real of dreams and fantasies.
the body as promise. the body as proof of work.
even if the body disappears,
the desire for the body will sit in the substrate of every model built after us.
even if the models forget, the body continues as an echo.
the body as ultimate romanticism. the body as ultimate classicism.
the body as end-all, be-all.
the body is here. the body isn’t going anywhere.
Writing about computer theater and its edges, published on Substack. New pieces land there first.