article-tgtimes-carrying-the-cross.mw - tgtimes - The Gopher Times HTML git clone git://bitreich.org/tgtimes git://enlrupgkhuxnvlhsf6lc3fziv5h2hhfrinws65d7roiv6bfj7d652fid.onion/tgtimes DIR Log DIR Files DIR Refs DIR Tags DIR README --- article-tgtimes-carrying-the-cross.mw (1220B) --- 1 .SH tgtimes 2 Carrying the Cross 3 .2C 18.5v 4 . 5 .PP 6 Walking on the streets, slowly, slowed-down by carrying a huge 7 wooden cross, tall as three persons, painted in blue, a recognisable 8 cross shaped as an 'f', the 'f' of facebook. 9 . 10 .PP 11 This is the project Filipe Vilas-Boas, inviting anyone to watch the unrealistic 12 scene, and question themself on the weight of social media, and beliefs associated 13 with technology. 14 . 15 .QP 16 investigating global interconnection utopia, spiritual magic and contemporary algorithmic slavery dystopia 17 . 18 .PP 19 Was there an event declaring that technology was not only for looneys 20 on their geek basement? 21 The opening of facebook? The advent of the iPhone? The first day 22 you could fired from an office job for not being able to turn on a 23 computer? 24 Technology did not really appear all at once in our lives, and does 25 not even reach every citizen of every country. 26 Looking at ourself with a fresh candide look and wondering if how 27 we live make sense is becoming increasingly difficult. 28 . 29 .PP 30 Like Filipe Vilas-Boas, artists offers us a tiny window onto our own 31 life, a porthole toward ourself, for allowing us to watching ourself 32 from the outside. 33 . 34 .FS 35 https://filipevilasboas.com/Carrying-The-Cross 36 .FE