Ass of God: Collected Heretical Writings of Salb Hacz
<p><em>Bilingual in English and German</em></p> <p><i>Ass of God. Collected Heretical Writings of Salb Hacz</i> presents the heretical visions of the artificial intelligence mystic and engineer of CULTUS, a techno-religious computer built to determine if AI gods exist. Edited by Zach Blas and Christian Lübbert, <i>Ass of God</i> features all nine heretical visions Hacz transcribed in writing, as well as two images he produced. To situate Hacz’s visions within the burgeoning studies of AI religiosity, the collection prefaces his writings with an essay and interview with Hacz by religious studies scholars J. Sage Elwell and Beth Singler. Also included is a personal letter to Hacz from an anonymous colleague, shared via novelist, artist, and critic Huw Lemmey, which further contextualizes Hacz’s idiosyncratic approach to artificial intelligence and heretical belief.</p>
Artists: Zach Blas
Editors: Zach Blas, Christian Lübbert
Assistant Editor: Talia Golland
Contributors: J. Sage Elwell, Salb Hacz, Huw Lemmey, Beth Singler
Publication Manager: Tina Lipsky
Series Designer: Sabo Day
Graphic Designer: Sabo Day, Rosen Eveleigh, Augustinas Milkus
Translators: Jacqueline Csuss, Gerrit Jackson
Copy Editor: Gerrit Jackson, Tradukas GbR, Johannes Payer
Secession, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König
Part of: Secession Publications