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#24 Fantastic Machine


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A viral-video infused, essay focusing on how the camera & algorithmic distribution of moving images is slowly corrupting society. After a brief historical recap, FANTASTIC MACHINE by Axel Danielson & Maximilien Van Aertryck fully embraces the very entertaining imagery it is attempting to decry that waffles between nihilistic novelty and subtly implied cultural critiques. In this episode, we deconstruct their approach through the lens of Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death, and Susan Sontag's On Photography.

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