Constellation: Faciality Machine
The assemblage of media and psychic systems that simulates and stimulates human emotion in order to capture and harvest it for economic gain.
The Body Without a Face 2
Source: A Killing in Droid District by Xneon Cecil and the Little Lord (Excerpt) Cecil stood forlornly in the dark, mulling over and over to himself the lord’s instructions: “Door opens, faint, Dame comes, run out.” It was as if he hoped the mantra would dispel the growing feeling of disquiet that threatened to distract…
Sting Game
Source: Audience Effects from The Internet Archive Sting Game (Short Story) The buttons, their black centres irises in pools of white, three hundred eyes staring into the studio lights. Blank souls, unquestioning, waiting. “Everything’s wired up, Niamh. We’re good to go.” “I know I’m fucking wired.” “We’re making a mark here. This show…” “Paudie. Tell…
The Body Without a Face 1
Source: O Superman by Laurie Anderson Faciliality and Pathology (Excerpt) To understand the significance of [the faciality machine], we must properly understand the register of face as “character”. The face is a double facing entity that represents a socially legible symbolism that with other faces forms the web of connections that is at the basis…
