Forces of Attention
How do you want to use yours?Forces of Attention is a series of objects, inquiries, and experiments designed to help people modulate their use of the Internet to their liking. Such modulation, I have discovered, takes intention, awareness of the often invisible ideological stances of connective technologies, and outside help. Or: to use the Internet in a way that pleases rather than hinders me, I must apply attention to how and how often I’m using it.
FOA series 1, THE WORLD IS NOT IN HERE, is an artist’s book object letterpress printed at Asheville Bookworks. It is designed to be displayed on or near a computer, as a reminder to look up, out, elsewhere.
A new edition, including two new versions of the sign and an updated essay and instruction sheet riso printed by Woolly Press, is available as of December 2024. It can be ordered via Indiegogo through early February 2025. More details here.
