Index

Contents

1.   A Tank on a Pedestal	i

2.   How to Kill People: A Problem of Design	9

3.   The Terror of Total Dasein: Economies of
     Presence in the Art Field	21

4.   Proxy Politics: Signal and Noise	31

5.   A Sea of Data: Apophenia and Pattern (Mis-)Recognition	47

6.   Mcdya: Autonomy of Images	63

7.   Duty Free Art * .	75

8.   Digital Debris r'	101

9.   Her Name Was Esperanza	115

10.  International Disco Latin	135

11.  Is the Internet Dead?	143 i 2. Why Games, Or, Can Art Workers Think? ‘	153

13.  Let’s Talk about Fascism	171

14.  If You Don’t Have Bread, Eat Art!
     Contemporary Art and Derivative Fascisms	181

15.  Ripping Reality	191

Acknowledgments	207

Notes	213