“Today at Facebook [art] works to create the illusion that the public sphere and the firm are one and the same. It is precisely this illusion on which surveillance capitalism depends.” – Fred Turner
http://fredturner.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/Turner-Art-at-Facebook-Poetics-Preprint.pdf
This is spot on and an engrossing read on how surveillance capitalism works to legitimise itself via its aesthetics.
Via @charlyblack
@aral @charlyblack The same for Google. They behave like utility institutions and many people including public administrators, schools, politicians, etc. see them as such. But they aren’t.