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    Sternberg Press - Plant Space (2025)

     

    Article "Do not water me, I’m artificial."

    What does it mean to choose fake plants over real ones: an embrace of permanence, convenience, and illusion, or a refusal of vulnerability? From gardens as liminal spaces to biophilic design and plastic houseplants, the essay traces how nature’s place indoors has shifted from living care to curated simulation. Fake plants, like faux books or painted lawns, embody a culture of appearances that can be seductive, soothing, yet ecologically and emotionally hollow. Ultimately, while technological nature may comfort and heal, the text ends with a return to the real by buying a living plant as a gesture of commitment beyond illusion.

     

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    Current Obsession - Radical Surface Issue (2025)

     

    Short story "Getting Blood Out of A Stone."

    A young woman, lost in the aftermath of separation, turns to the Glow Up Face Mask, which awakens not beauty but luminous cracks where grief has long been lodged. In a brutal dance of pressure and release, she forces out the glowing wounds, blood, and radiance mingling like a purge of all that rotted within. Raw and hollow yet touched by a quiet, yielding calm, she steps into the moonlight where, for the first time in months, a genuine smile takes shape.

     

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    Critical Meme Reader (2023)

     

    Article "Machine Learning and Meme-making: The Prerequisites of Generating Humor" for the Critical Meme Reader III."

    An essay that explores the relationship between machine learning and meme-making, asking whether algorithms are capable of creating humor or if they merely replicate existing patterns. Through an analysis of systems such as “This Meme Does Not Exist” and research on meme datasets, it shows how models rely on human input, from meme templates and captions to evaluative rankings, while failing to capture the ambiguity, niche references, and apophenia that define internet humor.

     

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    Do_Not_Research (2023)

     

    Article "Virtuality and Aesthetics, An Evening in the Void Club."

    What draws us into virtual worlds: the realism of their graphics, or the imaginative space left by their imperfections? This text explores how platforms from Zork to VR Chat, Second Life, and Meta show that absence, gaps, and symbolic signs often engage us more deeply than high-definition simulations. As we scroll, these digital landscapes invite projection, creativity, and freedom, allowing users to become both actors and authors of their own narratives.

     

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    Cranberry Juice (2022)

     

    Short Recipe "Gathering the Wounded Traces."

    Cranberryjuice is an action-based artist collective aimed at raising awareness about underrepresented subjects connected to care practices and sexual health.‘By merging artists and researchers with multiple experiences, bodies, struggles, and approaches, we strive to create an intersectional platform where the gap between art and activism, the personal and collective, and the public and private is blurred.’

     

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    Sprout (2022)

     

    Short Story "Breed, Bread, Breath."

    What does it mean to search for belief when raised without baptism or religious education, guided instead by curiosity, jealousy, and borrowed mantras? This short story traces a journey through encounters with churches, testimonies, and symbols, where the absence of faith becomes as formative as its presence.

     

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    Institute of Network Culture (2021)

     

    Article "The Hidden Implications Behind the Ideology of Passive Income."