Becoming intimate with algorithms

Towards a critical antagonism via algorithmic art

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ID5715732
AuthorsTanja Wiehn (0000-0002-9657-5292, University of Copenhagen, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume183
Issue1
Pages30-43
Publication date2022-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedia International Australia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1329-878X • E-ISSN: 2200-467X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1329878x221077844
OpenAlexW4212769057
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited38

This article takes departure in the notion of intimacy to identify the critical dependencies with contemporary algorithms. The presented concept of algorithmic intimacies points to how contemporary life is premised on the co-habitation with algorithms which poses various challenges to tactical approaches against algorithmic forms of governance. The article argues that thinking through these algorithmic intimacies allows to acknowledge the multi-dependency on digital infrastructures, the difficulties to counteract algorithmic governance, and the impossibility of fully stepping outside of these structures of dominance. Taking the vantage point in the analysis of three artworks, the article contemplates the potential of artistic practices as formulations of antagonistic strategies. Through the analyses, the article suggests to contend with these intimacies to better situate and understand the stakes of algorithmic ubiquity

Algorithm · Corporate governance · Economics · Epistemology · Impossibility · Political science · Sociology · Blockchain Technology Applications and Security · Computer Science · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI · Law · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations

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