After Us

art—science—politics

Essays by
Claire Colebrook on man and the apocalypse
Jennifer Boyd on explosions and their motifs
Peter Wessel Zapffe on the tragedy of intellect
Interview with Patrik Schumacher by Martti Kalliala
Fiction by Amy Ireland

Art by
Daniela Yohannes
Laurel Halo, Mari Matsutoya & LaTurbo Avedon
Graphic fiction by Lando

Illustrations by
Dave Gaskarth
Rich Foster
Patrick Savile
and featuring the work of
Alice Channer
Quayola
Zaha Hadid

Published by Optigram

###Contents

####Twilight of the Anthropocene Idols

A philosophical look at humanity’s potential transfiguration in a post-apocalyptic future, by Claire Colebrook

####A Taxonomy of Explosions; Preliminary shrapnel

Investigating how explosions and their transformative power can take us beyond our limits, by Jennifer Boyd; illustrated by Dave Gaskarth

####Total Freedom

An interview with Patrik Schumacher, the director of Zaha Hadid Architects, exploring in depth his views and approach to architecture

####Still Be Here

A look at the ideas behind the Hatsune Miku performance initiated by Mari Matsutoya and realised with Laurel Halo, LaTurbo Avedon, Darren Johnston and Martin Sulzer

####The Last Messiah

Peter Wessel Zapffe’s influential essay on the burden of humanity’s intellect, in a new translation by Trine Riel

####The Invisible

A glimpse of new mythologies created by artist Daniela Yohannes

####Phix

On a colony beyond Neptune, memory and experience do not run parallel, in fiction from Amy Ireland; illustrated by Rich Foster

####The Plough

A story from the autonomous zone, by comic book artist Lando

art—science—politics

Essays by
Nora N. Khan on artificial superintelligence
Liam Young on architecture for machines
Nick Srnicek on neoliberalism and aesthetics
Benedict Singleton on modern film archetypes
Interview with Walter Murch by Dave Tompkins
Fiction by Juan Mateos

Art by
Timothy Saccenti & Sam Rolfes
Lawrence Lek

Illustrations by
Stathis Tsemberlidis
Adam Ferriss
Alex Solman
Patrick Savile
and featuring the work of
Ryoji Ikeda

Published by Optigram

###Contents

####Future Imperfect: Or how to stop worrying and love dystopia

An introduction to After Us from the editor, Manuel Sepulveda

####Towards a Poetics of Artificial Superintelligence

Expanding our language can help us better understand AI, argues Nora N. Khan; illustrated by Adam Ferriss

####An Atlas of Fiducial Architecture: A tour through the shadows of the digital

Architecture and infrastructures built for and by machines, and how they manifest on our landscape, by Liam Young

####Bonus Levels

Travel around Lawrence Lek’s utopian simulations

####Navigating Neoliberalism: Political aesthetics in an age of crisis

Alternative politics needs to utilise art and technology to envision a better future, argues Nick Srnicek

####The Shattered C

New collaborative work from Timothy Saccenti and Sam Rolfes

####That’s My Squeak

Sounds of futures past with Walter Murch and Dave Tompkins; illustrated by Optigram

####The Last Girl Scout

The first in a series by Benedict Singleton on modern archetypes in cinema and literature; illustrated by Alex Solman

####Family

Fiction from Juan Mateos imagining a new kind of family unit; illustrated by Patrick Savile

####Interface K1

A cyborg’s culture, by Stathis Tsemberlidis