Are You A Software Update?: Memes as Sympoietic Agents

<p>Is there a way to define memes without implicitly <em>memifying</em> everything? We move through the definitional morass of memetics and meme studies towards researcher Sophie Publig’s critical posthumanist account of memes as sympoietic agents. From in-group jokes and troll hoaxes on early image-boards to Tiktok and the GameStop short squeeze, memes’ accelerated lifespans end up leading us to the esoteric mashups and angelcore aesthetics of NetSpi and the peer-review saga of translating “the girls who get it” for academia.</p>

Host:

Guest:

Sound Designer:

Editors: ,

Producer:

Aksioma Institute for Contemporary Art

Part of: Tactics&Practice [podcast]

This website collects anonymized analytics data only. No personal information is recorded, stored, or transferred to third parties. Read our privacy policy to learn more. Accept

Join Our Mailing List