Hic & nunc/anticarpediem: Low Tech Postfuturist Poetics in the Service of the Subtonic Hi-Fi
Hic & nunc/anticarpediem: Low Tech Postfuturist Poetics in the Service of the Subtonic Hi-Fi

Summary/Abstract: Ever since humanity started a rush along the progress path, it seems that there has been an increase in desire to advance the endeavor in question. More often than not, the word faster has been used to signify betterment. How such erratic semantics can affect communication is among the issues pertinent to the thematic of this article. It looks at fictional portrayals of the hollowness of spam emails, swarmed interaction in the shadow of grotesquely absent fruitful conversation, and reverberation in the vast spaces void of communal cohesion. Neither demonizing nor lionizing either advanced technology or progress per se, but rather trying to discern in them—freed from distorted interpretation and perception—sources that render distraction and confusion soluble, the inquiry focuses on the idea and practice of the remix as a form of resistance to oppression, and a means in the service of the preservation of both individuality and unity epitomized in the notion of refacement. It seeks creative / critical responses against bewildering, yet remixable, cultural realities threatening to obfuscate language and dissolve solidarity within the community of human beings.

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