Mechascapes of the Anthroprocene

Mechascapes delves into the idea of the mechascape - the robot-related landscape - in the anthropocene; and the myths, symbolism and materiality of the “robot” in the cultural imaginary.  This project was developed within Harrington's essay, "Mechascapes of the Anthropocene: Re-considering Landscape Through The Politics Of Technology And The “Robot” which has been published as part of the book, WEEB Theory edited by Petra Szeman and Jamie Sutcliffe. Note: WEEB Theory’s deliciously composed, horizon-bound original cover artwork is by Petra Szemán. This transportative tome also includes contributions by David Blandy, Dawn Chan, Ian Condry, Patrick W. Galbraith, Cole J Graham, Thomas Lamarre, Deborah Levitt, Sahei Rajal, Jamie Sutcliffe’s and Petra Szemán. More about WEEB Theory: “Following theorist Deborah Levitt’s suggestion that developments in commercial and industrial animation have defined a new techno-political continuum in which the relationship between body and image has been irrevocably complicated, WEEB THEORY asks how animated images might produce, pollute, or populate our emergent media-saturated lifeworlds, inducing multi-planar reveries and hybridised forms of perception. The result is an edited volume of artists’ texts, interviews, and essays that interrogate the inter-media resonances of contemporary animation produced by popular cartoon shows and video games, animation theory and artists video.” Available to order now: Paperback 120mm x 170mm 262 Pages Black and White ISBN: 978-0-9929176-8-5 https://strangeattractor.greedbag.com/buy/weeb-theory/