@ -117,50 +117,77 @@ touched.</p>
< / section > -->
< / section > -->
< section id = "section-3" class = "section" >
< section id = "section-3" class = "section" >
< h1 id = "backplaces" > Backplaces< / h1 >
< h1 id = "backplaces" > Backplaces< / h1 >
< p > Hi.< br / > < p > adadesign.nl/backplaces< br / >
Hi.< br / >
I made this play for you. It is a question, for us to hold together.< / p >
I made this play for you. It is a question, for us to hold together.< / p >
< p > Is all intimacy about bodies? What is it about our bodies that makes< p > Is all intimacy about bodies? What is it about our bodies that makes
intimacy? What happens when our bodies distance intimacy from us? This
intimacy? What happens when our bodies distance intimacy from us? This
small anthology of poems and short stories lives with these
small anthology of poems and short stories lives with these
questions—about having a body without intimacy and intimacy without a
questions—about having a body without intimacy and intimacy without a
body.This project is also a homage to everyone who has come before and
body. This project is also a homage to everyone who has come before and
alongside me, sharing their vulnerability and emotions on the Internet.
alongside me, sharing their vulnerability and emotions on the Internet.
I called the places where these things happen backplaces. They are
I called the places where these things happen backplaces. They are
small, tender online rooms where people experiencing societally
small, tender online rooms where people experiencing societally
uncomfortable pain can find relief, ease, and transcendence.< / p >
uncomfortable pain can find relief, ease, and transcendence.< br / >
< / p >
< p > I made three backplaces for you to see, click, and feel: Solar< p > I made three backplaces for you to see, click, and feel: Solar
Sibling, Hermit Fantasy, and Good Pie. Each of these is the result of
Sibling, Hermit Fantasy, and Cake Intimacies. Each of these is the
its own unique performance or project. Some of the stories I will share
result of its own unique performance or project. Some of the stories I
carry memories of pain—both physical and emotional. As you sit in the
will share carry memories of pain—both physical and emotional. As you
audience, know I am with you, holding your hand through each scene. If
sit in the audience, know I am with you, holding your hand through each
the performance feels overwhelming at any point, you have my full
scene. If the performance feels overwhelming at any point, you have my
permission to step out, take a break, or leave. This is not
full permission to step out, take a break, or leave. This is not
choreographed, and I care deeply for you.< / p >
choreographed, and I care deeply for you.< br / >
< p > Solar Sibling is an online performance of shared loss and the complex< img src = "../images/../images/index.png"
pain that siblings can sometimes bring. This project uses comments
alt="This is the Index, the stage of my play. Each felted item is an act." />< / p >
people left on TikTok poetry. I extracted the emotions from these
< p > Solar Sibling is an online performance of shared loss about leaving
comments, mixed them with my own, and crafted them into poems. It is an
and siblings. This project used comments people left on TikTok poetry. I
ongoing performance, ending only when your own feelings are secretly
extracted the emotions from these comments, mixed them with my own, and
whispered to me.< / p >
crafted them into poems. It is an ongoing performance, ending only when
your feelings are secretly whispered to me. When you do, by typing into
the comment box, your feelings are sent to me and the first act closes
as the sun rises.< br / >
< img src = "../images/../images/solar-1.png"
alt="The initial comment shaped poems and their sun count." /> < img
src="solar-2.png"
alt="The fillable comment where you can whisper your feelings to me." />< / p >
< p > Hermit Fantasy is a short story about a bot who wants to be a hermit.< p > Hermit Fantasy is a short story about a bot who wants to be a hermit.
Inspired by an email response from a survey I conducted about receiving
Inspired by an email response from a survey I conducted about receiving
emotional support on the Internet, this story explores the contradiction
emotional support on the Internet, this story explores the contradiction
of being online while wanting to disconnect. It is a web play inviting
of being online while wanting to disconnect. As an act it’
you to navigate both of these feelings.< / p >
letters, click by click.< br / >
< / p >
< p > < img src = "../images/../images/one.png" alt = "The first letter." / > < img src = "../images/../images/two.png"
alt="The second letter." />< / p >
< p > Cake Intimacies is a performance that took a year to bring together.< p > Cake Intimacies is a performance that took a year to bring together.
It is a small selection of stories people told me and I held to memory
It is a small selection of stories people told me and I held to memory
and rewrote here. The stories come from two perfomances I hosted. In the
and rewrote here. The stories come from two perfor mances I hosted.
f irst, I asked participants to eat cake, sitting facing or away fromF irst, I asked participants to eat cake, sitting facing or away from
each other and sharing their stories about cake and the Internet. The
each other and sharing their stories about cake and the Internet. The
second perfomance was hosted at the Art Meets Radical Openness Festival,
second performance was hosted at the Art Meets Radical Openness
as part of the Turning of the Internet workshop. For this performance I
Festival, as part of the Turning of the Internet workshop. For this
predicted participants’
performance, I predicted participants’
archetypes and received stories from their Internet past in return. Now
using felted archetypes and received stories from their Internet past in
the stories are here, each of them a cake with a filling that tells a
return. Now the stories are here, each of them a cake with a filling
story, merging the bodily with the digital and making a mess of it
that tells a story, merging the bodily with the digital and making a
all.< / p >
mess of it all.< br / >
< p > I love you and hope you see what I saw in these stories.< / p > < / p >
< p > Safe dreams now. I will talk to you soon.< / p > < p > < img src = "../images/../images/pie.png"
alt="The first two stories and their memory illustrations." /> < img
src="phone-pie.png"
alt="The second stories in the way they were meant to be experienced." />< / p >
< p > The play ends as all plays do. The curtains close, the website stays
but the stories will never sound the same. For the final act, I give you
the stories. It’
Digital intimacies about the digital, our bodies and the cakes we eat.
For the last act, I ask you to eat digital stories. To eat a comment, to
eat a digital intimacy. Sharing an act of physical intimacy with
yourself and with me, by eating sweets together. Sweets about digital
intimacies that never had a body. There is no moral, no bow to wrap the
story in. A great big mess of transcendence into the digital, of
intimacy and of bodies. The way it always is. Thankfully.< br / >
< img src = "../images/../images/biscuits.png"
alt="Accept My Cookies, biscuits and bows for the performance." />< / p >
< / section >
< / section >
@ -306,9 +333,9 @@ legitimacy of his connections, finding no way to do so except by
emphasizing their tangible bodily experiences. The community’
emphasizing their tangible bodily experiences. The community’
authenticity thus had to lie in the physical experiences of its members—
authenticity thus had to lie in the physical experiences of its members—
the visible bodies and hearable voices, the weddings, births, and
the visible bodies and hearable voices, the weddings, births, and
funerals (1993).< sup > < span class = "margin-note" > You’
funerals (1993).< sup > < span class = "margin-note" > You’
good. < br > Would you feel closer to me if you could hear my voice?< br > Is
good. < br > Would you feel closer to me if you could hear my voice?< br > Is
my voice a sound? Could it be a feeling?< / span > < / sup > . < / p >
my voice a sound? Could it be a feeling?< / span > < / sup > < / p >
< p > Even then, and even by people with no interest in undermining the< p > Even then, and even by people with no interest in undermining the
value of the virtual, the distinction between physical and virtual was
value of the virtual, the distinction between physical and virtual was
confusing. Rheingold himself reinforces the boundary of body relations
confusing. Rheingold himself reinforces the boundary of body relations
@ -316,7 +343,11 @@ and computer relations by referring to his family as a “flesh-and-blood
family’
family’
Constantly interplaying digital connections with the physical
Constantly interplaying digital connections with the physical
characteristics of the kind of connections people valued before the
characteristics of the kind of connections people valued before the
internet. (2)< / p >
internet.< sup > < span class = "margin-note" > I will be honest with you, I
have little patience for this recurring line of thought that seeks to
distinguish people’
love that is the valuable one and a virtual imaginary one that is feeble
and unworthy.< / span > < / sup > < / p >
< p > In any case, his primary interest seemed to be to emphasize computer< p > In any case, his primary interest seemed to be to emphasize computer
relations as valid forms of connection between bodies, not to talk of
relations as valid forms of connection between bodies, not to talk of
any distinction quite yet. It’
any distinction quite yet. It’
@ -352,7 +383,13 @@ with whom he had had a publicly turbulent relationship, flew to
California to marry him. The community was a witness and is now an
California to marry him. The community was a witness and is now an
archive of his declining wit as cancer spread to his brain and his
archive of his declining wit as cancer spread to his brain and his
famously articulate and scathing comments got shorter, fearful, and more
famously articulate and scathing comments got shorter, fearful, and more
tender. (3)< / p >
tender.< sup > < span class = "margin-note" > Initially, when a member he often
argued with offered to pray for him Mandel had replied: “You can shovel
your self-aggrandizing sentiments up you wide ass sideways for the
duration as far as I’
ain’
dying this way. I am not very good at playing saint. Pray for me,
please.< / span > < / sup > < / p >
< p > Before he posted his final goodbye, he chose to do one last thing.< p > Before he posted his final goodbye, he chose to do one last thing.
Together with another member, they programmed a bot that posted randomly
Together with another member, they programmed a bot that posted randomly
characteristic comments from Mandel on The Well—the Mandelbot. In the
characteristic comments from Mandel on The Well—the Mandelbot. In the
@ -372,7 +409,11 @@ Large chunks of me would also be here, part of this new space. (Hafner,
called his grieving for the community, with which he could not play
called his grieving for the community, with which he could not play
anymore once his own body died. By doing so, he was starting to blend
anymore once his own body died. By doing so, he was starting to blend
the boundaries of intimacy through computers and bodies, driven by his
the boundaries of intimacy through computers and bodies, driven by his
love and grief. (4)< / p >
love and grief.< sup > < span class = "margin-note" > It’
lack of relevance that I am not showing you Mandel’
It’
community he loved and cared for and that pain was felt in every
word.< / span > < / sup > < / p >
< p > When he talked about the bot in previous messages, it sounded almost< p > When he talked about the bot in previous messages, it sounded almost
like a joke. A caring haunting of the platform, to keep his persona
like a joke. A caring haunting of the platform, to keep his persona
alive for the community in a way that could be quite horrific for those
alive for the community in a way that could be quite horrific for those
@ -394,8 +435,14 @@ attempt to emulate a human body but rather human action and readiness.
Its role is to mirror human behavior online, simulating how a physical
Its role is to mirror human behavior online, simulating how a physical
body might act, what it would click on, and what would it say. On social
body might act, what it would click on, and what would it say. On social
media, bots engage in a kind of interpretative dance of human
media, bots engage in a kind of interpretative dance of human
interaction, performing based on instructions provided by humans.
interaction, performing based on instructions provided by
(5)< / p >
humans.< sup > < span class = "margin-note" > The first bot communities on the
internet are now born, half- mistakenly. They are always spiritual
communities posting religious images created by artificial intelligence,
all the comments echoing choirs of bots praising. Amen, amen, amen. I am
not naive, I know they are built by humans but it is this performance of
religiosity that I am interested in, and how little humanity is shown in
it. It is something else.< / span > < / sup > < / p >
< p > Unlike an internet body, which represents the virtual embodiment of a< p > Unlike an internet body, which represents the virtual embodiment of a
person, a bot doesn’
person, a bot doesn’
alongside many other bots, all under a fake name and photo but nothing
alongside many other bots, all under a fake name and photo but nothing
@ -424,7 +471,8 @@ even more, blurring as he shows the already virtual in physical
intimacies. Applying this to a body, rather than an affective
intimacies. Applying this to a body, rather than an affective
experience, works just the same.< / p >
experience, works just the same.< / p >
< p > McGlotten uses a conceptualization of the virtual based on the< p > McGlotten uses a conceptualization of the virtual based on the
philosopher Deleuze’
philosopher Deleuze’ < sup > < span class = "margin-note" > A step in a step in
a step, sorry.< / span > < / sup > which can be used to refer to a virtual body
as well. The virtual is in this case a cluster of waiting, dreaming, and
as well. The virtual is in this case a cluster of waiting, dreaming, and
remembering, embodying potential. Something that is constantly becoming,
remembering, embodying potential. Something that is constantly becoming,
an object and also the subject attributed to it (2001). An internet body
an object and also the subject attributed to it (2001). An internet body
@ -491,7 +539,14 @@ culturally uncomfortable, no nurse will come to check on it.</p>
< p > If care is offered, it’ < p > If care is offered, it’
divergent body back into expected standards of normalcy and ability.
divergent body back into expected standards of normalcy and ability.
This leaves those with non-conforming bodies isolated, ashamed, and
This leaves those with non-conforming bodies isolated, ashamed, and
yearning for connection and acceptance (7)< / p >
yearning for connection and acceptance.< sup > < span class = "margin-note" > I
am talking here about the distress caused by mental health issues that
have direct connections to physicality—self- injuring in any direct
form; food, drugs, pain. The culturally uncomfortable diseases, the
it’
hidden topic of this text because I cared more about the pain
surrounding them and the reasons to hide rather than the grim
physicality of them all.< / span > < / sup > < / p >
< p > In the depths of isolation and confusion, marginalized bodies often< p > In the depths of isolation and confusion, marginalized bodies often
look for belonging and understanding online. Gravitating towards one
look for belonging and understanding online. Gravitating towards one
another with a hunger born of desperation, forming intimate bonds
another with a hunger born of desperation, forming intimate bonds
@ -550,7 +605,12 @@ differences. What’ ’
< p > Individuals who forge and inhabit these communities, fostering< p > Individuals who forge and inhabit these communities, fostering
tender, intimate connections amongst themselves, are not deviant but
tender, intimate connections amongst themselves, are not deviant but
rather divergent. Deviance involves bifurcation, a split estuary from
rather divergent. Deviance involves bifurcation, a split estuary from
the river of appropriate cultural behavior. (8)< / p >
the river of appropriate cultural behavior.< sup > < span
class="margin-note">Of course, the river itself is not a river; it’
many confused streams that believe themselves both the same and
separate. I don’ ’ ’
river of normativity and I’
you.< / span > < / sup > < / p >
< p > Divergence can be so much more than that. In mathematics, a divergent< p > Divergence can be so much more than that. In mathematics, a divergent
series extends infinitely without converging to a finite limit. A
series extends infinitely without converging to a finite limit. A
repetition of partial sums with no clear ending, never reaching zero.
repetition of partial sums with no clear ending, never reaching zero.
@ -593,7 +653,15 @@ unstainable forms devoid of comfort, nourishment, or thriving. What does
comfort mean for a body whose whole existence is uncomfortable?
comfort mean for a body whose whole existence is uncomfortable?
Moreover, what if the comfort care performed for these divergent bodies
Moreover, what if the comfort care performed for these divergent bodies
makes them too comfortable being in their pained state of self? Could
makes them too comfortable being in their pained state of self? Could
they be? (9)< / p >
they be?< sup > < span class = "margin-note" > I heard the idea of living
questions for the first time in “Letters to A Young Poet” by Rainer
Maria Rilke and then again on the podcast On Being with Krista Tippet.
It may be a bit transparent but this entire text is informed by the
concept of keeping the unsolved in your heart and learning to love it.
Not searching for the answers for we cannot live them yet. The point is
to live it all. It could be that at some point we will live our way to
an answer but it is feeling the questions alive within us that is
important. Do you?< / span > < / sup > < / p >
< p > Caring for a digital body involves providing it with space to live,< p > Caring for a digital body involves providing it with space to live,
giving its experimental bot-feelings tender attention, and revealing
giving its experimental bot-feelings tender attention, and revealing
your own vulnerable digital body in response. It’
your own vulnerable digital body in response. It’
@ -679,8 +747,10 @@ the context of a public surrounding a cultural phenomenon, the author
Lauren Berlant denotes that intimacy itself always requires hopeful
Lauren Berlant denotes that intimacy itself always requires hopeful
imagination. It requires belief in the existence of an ideal other who
imagination. It requires belief in the existence of an ideal other who
is emotionally attuned to one’
is emotionally attuned to one’
conditioned by the same longings and with willing reciprocity (2008).
conditioned by the same longings and with willing reciprocity
(10)< / p >
(2008).< sup > < span class = "margin-note" > If we were to be honest, the
entire exercise of writing this for you requires this very
faith.< / span > < / sup > < / p >
< p > In the context of the intimacy of a Backplace, where divergent< p > In the context of the intimacy of a Backplace, where divergent
digital bodies have formed a community around existing outside the
digital bodies have formed a community around existing outside the
healthy and standard, longing and hopeful intimacy becomes a heavy-
healthy and standard, longing and hopeful intimacy becomes a heavy-
@ -715,63 +785,14 @@ stand it. It ruins both of us to be seen this way and we need it so
desperately. It has to exist and yet it can’ < / p >
desperately. It has to exist and yet it can’ < / p >
< p > I leave even though I love all of your digital bodies. I leave< p > I leave even though I love all of your digital bodies. I leave
because I love you, little digital body and you are me.< / p >
because I love you, little digital body and you are me.< / p >
< h2 id = "a-life-to-be-had-11" > 2. A LIFE TO BE HAD 11< / h2 > < h2 id = "a-life-to-be-had" > 2. A LIFE TO BE HAD< / h2 >
< h2 id = "sidenotes" > sidenotes< / h2 > < p > < sup > < span class = "margin-note" > Was this the end of this story? In the
< ol type = "1" > epilogue, you sit your body down and enter your computer. The air coming
< li > < p > You’ in from the window smells wet and earthy, new. The sun shines low on the
could hear my voice? Is my voice a sound? Could it be a
horizon. You log in to the internet and realize you are being told a
feeling?< / p > < / li >
story. You start to listen, carefully and, full of love, touch the story
< li > < p > I will be honest with you, I have little patience for thisto let it know you are there. Delicate-fingered, curious like a child
recurring line of thought that seeks to distinguish people’
holding a fallen bird. I hold you and the story tentatively.< / p >
their hearts, as if there was a physical love that is the valuable one
and a virtual imaginary one that is feeble and unworthy.< / p > < / li >
< li > < p > Initially, when a member he often argued with o ered to pray for
him Mandel had replied: “You can shovel your self- aggrandizing
sentiments up you wide ass sideways for the duration as far as I’
concerned.” Later, as the cancer progressed: “I ain’
you all think. I am scared silly of the pain of dying this way. I am not
very good at playing saint. Pray for me, please.< / p > < / li >
< li > < p > It’
you Mandel’ ’
grief of having to leave a community he loved and cared for and that
pain was felt in every word.< / p > < / li >
< li > < p > The first bot communities on the internet are now born, half-
mistakenly. They are always spiritual communities posting religious
images created by artificial intelligence, all the comments echoing
choirs of bots praising. Amen, amen, amen. I am not naive, I know they
are built by humans but it is this performance of religiosity that I am
interested in, and how little humanity is shown in it. It is something
else.< / p > < / li >
< li > < p > A step in a step in a step, sorry.< / p > < / li >
< li > < p > I am talking here about the distress caused by mental health
issues that have direct connections to physicality—self- injuring in any
direct form; food, drugs, pain. The culturally uncomfortable diseases,
the it’
hidden topic of this text because I cared more about the pain
surrounding them and the reasons to hide rather than the grim
physicality of them all.< / p > < / li >
< li > < p > Of course, the river itself is not a river; it’
streams that believe themselves both the same and separate. I don’
where I’ ’
and I’ < / p > < / li >
< li > < p > I heard the idea of living questions for the first time in
“Letters to A Young Poet” by Rainer Maria Rilke and then again on the
podcast On Being with Krista Tippet. It may be a bit transparent but
this entire text is informed by the concept of keeping the unsolved in
your heart and learning to love it. Not searching for the answers for we
cannot live them yet. The point is to live it all. It could be that at
some point we will live our way to an answer but it is feeling the
questions alive within us that is important. Do you?< / p > < / li >
< li > < p > If we were to be honest, the entire exercise of writing this for
you requires this very faith.< / p > < / li >
< li > < p > Was this the end of this story? In the epilogue, you sit your
body down and enter your computer. The air coming in from the window
smells wet and earthy, new. The sun shines low on the horizon. You log
in to the internet and realize you are being told a story. You start to
listen, carefully and, full of love, touch the story to let it know you
are there. Delicate-fingered, curious like a child holding a fallen
bird. I hold you and the story tentatively.< / p > < / li >
< / ol >
< p > I don’ < p > I don’
bodies are stories, like physical bodies are, like dreams are, and like
bodies are stories, like physical bodies are, like dreams are, and like
water is.< / p >
water is.< / p >
@ -814,7 +835,7 @@ in a captcha. E5qr7. eSq9p. 8oc8y. Fuck. You try not to panic, but you
know you have been detected.< / p >
know you have been detected.< / p >
< p > You pack up your things: the pie I made you, a love letter, two hands< p > You pack up your things: the pie I made you, a love letter, two hands
made out of felt, a star, a door, a stuffed animal; and you leave
made out of felt, a star, a door, a stuffed animal; and you leave
again.< / >
again.< / span> < / sup > < / p>
< h2 id = "references" > references< / h2 > < h2 id = "references" > references< / h2 >
< p > Adler, P.A. and Adler, P. (2008) ‘ < p > Adler, P.A. and Adler, P. (2008) ‘
Deviant communities, relationships, and selves’
Deviant communities, relationships, and selves’
@ -868,9 +889,9 @@ University of Nebraska Press.</p>
< h3 id = "section" > < / h3 > < h3 id = "section" > < / h3 >
< figure > < figure >
< img src = "../images/../images/../aglaia/wijnhaven.JPG" < img src = "../images/../images/../aglaia/wijnhaven.JPG"
alt="WDKA- Winjhaven Building- February 2024- reading of act0 “” and act1 “” " />
alt="WDKA- Winjhaven Building- February 2024- reading of act0 and act1" />
< figcaption aria-hidden = "true" > WDKA- Winjhaven Building- February 2024-< figcaption aria-hidden = "true" > WDKA- Winjhaven Building- February 2024-
reading of act0 “” and act1 “” < / figcaption >
reading of act0 and act1< / figcaption >
< / figure > < / figure >
< p > This project appeared as a need to explore potential bureaucratic< p > This project appeared as a need to explore potential bureaucratic
dramaturgies within the educational institution I was part as a student.
dramaturgies within the educational institution I was part as a student.
@ -896,10 +917,20 @@ of Rotterdam I documented and archived throughout this period. I
preserved the sequence of the given sentences and by discarding the
preserved the sequence of the given sentences and by discarding the
graphic design of the initial forms, I structured and repurposed the
graphic design of the initial forms, I structured and repurposed the
text into a playable scenario.< / p >
text into a playable scenario.< / p >
< p > < img src = "../images/../images/../aglaia/call_scenario.png" < figure >
< img src = "../images/../images/../aglaia/call1.png"
alt="Act 2 “Call with the municipality about the rejection of my application”" />
alt="Act 2 “Call with the municipality about the rejection of my application”" />
< img src = "../images/../images/../aglaia/deregistration1.png" < figcaption aria-hidden = "true" > Act 2 “Call with the municipality about
alt="Act 7 “Confirmation document of my deregistration”" />< / p >
the rejection of my application”< / figcaption >
< / figure >
< p > < img src = "../images/../images/../aglaia/call2.png" / > < / p >
< figure >
< img src = "../images/../images/../aglaia/dereg1.png"
alt="Act 7 “Confirmation document of my deregistration”" />
< figcaption aria-hidden = "true" > Act 7 “Confirmation document of my
deregistration”< / figcaption >
< / figure >
< p > < img src = "../images/../images/../aglaia/dereg2.png" / > < / p >
< p > I perceive the document as a unit and as the fundamental symbolic< p > I perceive the document as a unit and as the fundamental symbolic
interface of the bureaucratic network. The transformation of the
interface of the bureaucratic network. The transformation of the
materiality of a document into a scenario to be enacted collectively in
materiality of a document into a scenario to be enacted collectively in
@ -946,12 +977,6 @@ of the municipality building.</p>
collectively voiced scenario. This audio piece is a constellation of
collectively voiced scenario. This audio piece is a constellation of
different recordings and soundscapes of these public moments, a vocal
different recordings and soundscapes of these public moments, a vocal
archive, published in the graduation exhibition of XPUB in 2024.< / p >
archive, published in the graduation exhibition of XPUB in 2024.< / p >
< figure >
< img src = "../images/../images/../aglaia/passport1.png"
alt="XML at XPUB studio –
< figcaption aria-hidden = "true" > XML at XPUB studio –
Passport Reading Session< / figcaption >
< / figure >
< / section >
< / section >
@ -1302,40 +1327,8 @@ other.“Students and staff are treated as human capital” (Cunningham,
2017). This determination can dehumanize people involved, like when
2017). This determination can dehumanize people involved, like when
“faculty-as-labor” and “students-as-consumers” are marginalized and
“faculty-as-labor” and “students-as-consumers” are marginalized and
treated as just variables.< / p >
treated as just variables.< / p >
< table > < p > “there is no document of civilisation which is not at the same time a
< tbody > document of barbarism” -Walter Benjamin- (Pater, 2021)< / p >
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< p > “t h e r e i s n o D O C U M E N T o f c i v i l i s a t i o n w h i
c h i s n o t a t t h e s a m e t i m e a d o c u m e n t o f b a r b a
r i s m” -Walter Benjamin- (Pater, 2021)< / p >
< h4 id = "t-h-e-d-o-c-u-m-e-n-t" > t h e d o c u m e n t< / h4 > < h4 id = "t-h-e-d-o-c-u-m-e-n-t" > t h e d o c u m e n t< / h4 >
< p > From fences and armed police to nation-state mechanism of< p > From fences and armed police to nation-state mechanism of
less-material bordering to bureaucracy to the elements of bureaucracy to
less-material bordering to bureaucracy to the elements of bureaucracy to
@ -1454,9 +1447,12 @@ within its structures and foundations does not permit any questioning
but on the contrary creates “willful blindness” towards them(15).
but on the contrary creates “willful blindness” towards them(15).
Bureaucracies are not stupid inherently rather they manage and coerce
Bureaucracies are not stupid inherently rather they manage and coerce
processes that reproduce docile and stupid behaviors.< / p >
processes that reproduce docile and stupid behaviors.< / p >
< p > [ The birthday biscuit that Chae made, re-creating the Dutch< figure >
government form ]< / p >
< img src = "../images/../images/../aglaia/chae_form.jpg"
< hr / > alt="The birthday biscuit that Chae made, re-creating the Dutch government form" />
< figcaption aria-hidden = "true" > The birthday biscuit that Chae made,
re-creating the Dutch government form< / figcaption >
< / figure >
< h3 id = "v-o-c-a-l-a-r-c-h-i-v-e-s-t-a-l-k-i-n-g-d-o-c-u-m-e-n-t-s" > v o c< h3 id = "v-o-c-a-l-a-r-c-h-i-v-e-s-t-a-l-k-i-n-g-d-o-c-u-m-e-n-t-s" > v o c
a l a r c h i v e s – < / h3 >
a l a r c h i v e s – < / h3 >
< p > This chapter is mainly a constellation of some prototypes I created< p > This chapter is mainly a constellation of some prototypes I created
@ -1545,8 +1541,12 @@ these metrics are twofold: they play a role in the marketing sphere,
attracting potential students to the university as well as they are
attracting potential students to the university as well as they are
utilized in interactions and negotiations with the government, which
utilized in interactions and negotiations with the government, which
increasingly cuts budgets allocated to universities.< / p >
increasingly cuts budgets allocated to universities.< / p >
< p > [ The linguistic experiment of the Quality Assurance Questionnaire< figure >
Document ]< / p >
< img src = "../images/../images/../aglaia/quality.jpg"
alt="The linguistic experiment of the Quality Assurance Questionnaire Document" />
< figcaption aria-hidden = "true" > The linguistic experiment of the Quality
Assurance Questionnaire Document< / figcaption >
< / figure >
< h4 id = "section-1" > 2.< / h4 > < h4 id = "section-1" > 2.< / h4 >
< p > Title: “Department of Bureaucracy and Administration Customs< p > Title: “Department of Bureaucracy and Administration Customs
Enforcement” When: November 2023 Where: Leeszaal(17) Who: XPUB peers,
Enforcement” When: November 2023 Where: Leeszaal(17) Who: XPUB peers,
@ -1574,10 +1574,18 @@ such acts are not expected to be performed, evoked contradictory
feelings or thoughts. Over-identifying with a role was being
feelings or thoughts. Over-identifying with a role was being
instrumentalized as an “interrogation” of one’
instrumentalized as an “interrogation” of one’
reproduction of social discourses, power, authority, hegemony.< / p >
reproduction of social discourses, power, authority, hegemony.< / p >
< p > [Leeszaal West Rotterdam - November 2023 – < figure >
receive their documents and sign ]< / p >
< img src = "../images/../images/../aglaia/queue.jpg"
< p > [ One of the forms that the audience had to fill out during thealt="Leeszaal West Rotterdam - November 2023 –
Lesszaal event ]< / p >
< figcaption aria-hidden = "true" > Leeszaal West Rotterdam - November 2023 –
People queuing(18) to receive their documents and sign< / figcaption >
< / figure >
< figure >
< img src = "../images/../images/../aglaia/mitsi.jpg"
alt="One of the forms that the audience had to fill out during the Lesszaal event" />
< figcaption aria-hidden = "true" > One of the forms that the audience had to
fill out during the Lesszaal event< / figcaption >
< / figure >
< h4 id = "section-2" > 3.< / h4 > < h4 id = "section-2" > 3.< / h4 >
< p > Title: “Passport Reading Session” When: January 2024 Where: XML – < p > Title: “Passport Reading Session” When: January 2024 Where: XML –
XPUB studio Who: Ada, Aglaia, Stephen, Joseph< / p >
XPUB studio Who: Ada, Aglaia, Stephen, Joseph< / p >
@ -1607,8 +1615,9 @@ paths, how departure or arrival is smooth or cruel. Are there emotions
along the way? For some people these are documents “that embody power —
along the way? For some people these are documents “that embody power —
minimal or no waiting, peaceful departure, warm and confident arrival”
minimal or no waiting, peaceful departure, warm and confident arrival”
(Khosravi, 2021).< / p >
(Khosravi, 2021).< / p >
< p > [ Part of the A6 booklet of the transcription of the passport< p > < a href = "../aglaia/passport1.png" > Part of the A6 booklet of the
readings session ] x2< / p >
transcription of the passport readings session< / a > < / p >
< p > < a href = "../aglaia/passport2.png" > < / a > < / p >
< h4 id = "section-3" > 4.< / h4 > < h4 id = "section-3" > 4.< / h4 >
< p > Title: “Postal Address Application Scenario” When: February 2024< p > Title: “Postal Address Application Scenario” When: February 2024
Where: Room in Wijnhaven Building, 4th floor Who: XPUB 1,2,3, tutors,
Where: Room in Wijnhaven Building, 4th floor Who: XPUB 1,2,3, tutors,
@ -1650,15 +1659,13 @@ unconscious) performativity of “real” bureaucratic rituals establishes
and empowers (bureaucratic) institutions through repetitive acts. These
and empowers (bureaucratic) institutions through repetitive acts. These
theatrical moments attempt to highlight the shrouded performative
theatrical moments attempt to highlight the shrouded performative
elements of these processes.< / p >
elements of these processes.< / p >
< p > [ A6 booklet of the first chapter of the “theatrical” scenario< p > < a href = "../aglaia/postal.png" > A6 booklet of the first chapter of the
created out of the Postal Address Application documents and performed by
“theatrical” scenario created out of the Postal Address Application
XPUB peers ] x2< / p >
documents and performed by XPUB peers< / a > < / p >
< hr / > < h3 id = "c-o-n-c-l-u-s-i-o-n" > c o n c l u s i o n< / h3 >
< h3 id = "instead-of-c-o-n-c-l-u-s-i-o-n" > (instead of) c o n c l u s i o
n< / h3 >
< h4 < h4
id="next-chapters-of-the-case-with-reference-number-a.b.2024.4.03188">( next
id="next-chapters-of-the-case-with-reference-number-a.b.2024.4.03188">next
chapters of the case with reference number A.B.2024.4.03188) < / h4 >
chapters of the case with reference number A.B.2024.4.03188< / h4 >
< p > I expanded the “play” by incorporating additional “scenes” sourced< p > I expanded the “play” by incorporating additional “scenes” sourced
again from the documents accompanying the ongoing “conversation with the
again from the documents accompanying the ongoing “conversation with the
government”. Two weeks after submitting my application for a short-term
government”. Two weeks after submitting my application for a short-term
@ -1695,9 +1702,8 @@ future applicants, traumatized students, injured bearers, bureaucratic
border crossers, stressed expired document holders or just curious
border crossers, stressed expired document holders or just curious
people to share, vocalize, talk through, read out loud, amplify,
people to share, vocalize, talk through, read out loud, amplify,
(un)name, unplace, dismantle the injurious words of these artifacts.< / p >
(un)name, unplace, dismantle the injurious words of these artifacts.< / p >
< p > [ Part of A6 booklet scenarios of the next chapters of my< p > < a href = "../aglaia/objection1.png" > < / a > < a
bureaucratic story aimed to be performed ] x2< / p >
href="../aglaia/objection2.png">< / a > < / p >
< hr / >
< h4 id = "we-didnt-cross-the-border-the-border-crossed-us20" > “we didn’ < h4 id = "we-didnt-cross-the-border-the-border-crossed-us20" > “we didn’
cross the border, the border crossed us”(20)< / h4 >
cross the border, the border crossed us”(20)< / h4 >
< p > As I sit in the waiting area at the gate B7 in the airport preparing< p > As I sit in the waiting area at the gate B7 in the airport preparing
@ -1802,7 +1808,6 @@ in an efficiently defined area.</li>
< li > Vosk is an offline open-source speech recognition toolkit< / li > < li > Vosk is an offline open-source speech recognition toolkit< / li >
< li > US Immigrant Rights Movement Slogan (Keshavarz, 2016)< / li > < li > US Immigrant Rights Movement Slogan (Keshavarz, 2016)< / li >
< / ol > < / ol >
< hr / >
< h3 id = "r-e-f-e-r-e-n-c-e-s" > r e f e r e n c e s< / h3 > < h3 id = "r-e-f-e-r-e-n-c-e-s" > r e f e r e n c e s< / h3 >
< p > Agamben, G. (2000) Means without end: Notes on politics. Minneapolis,< p > Agamben, G. (2000) Means without end: Notes on politics. Minneapolis,
MN: University of Minnesota Press. Anzaldua, G. (1987) Borderlands - la
MN: University of Minnesota Press. Anzaldua, G. (1987) Borderlands - la
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