Deus ex Poiesis: A Manifesto for the End of the World and the Future of Art and Technology
Hart February 22, 2023 Edward A. Shanken
In 2020, the Doomsday Clock advanced to just one hundred seconds before nuclear midnight, the hour at which atomic armageddon would end the world as we know it. Using the Greek theatrical device of deus ex machina and Heidegger's reliance on poiesis as a liberating for-ce from technological enframing, I propose the concept of deus ex poiesis as a potential model for addressing the seemingly...