Biz Sherbert - Various Artists

Intimacy and the Machine: Slouching Towards Girlblogging

For her third column for V/A, Biz Sherbert delves into the low-calorie cosmos of dreamgirls and secretangels: the universe of girlblogging.

Intimacy and the Machine: Godposting – or: New Internet Esotericism

Column

Intimacy and the Machine: Godposting – or: New Internet Esotericism

Did the internet find God? In her second column for V/A, the American cultural critic Biz Sherbert went in search of new forms propelled by Catholic or religious iconography and practice…

Intimacy and the Machine: Gamergirl Bathwater – or: “Is Hentai Art”?

Essay

Intimacy and the Machine: Gamergirl Bathwater – or: “Is Hentai Art”?

How is technology shaping our desires? What bodies and faces populate our screens? What’s left of the flesh in virtual spaces? Biz Sherbert addresses these and other questions in her essay, following human and non-human actors that reflect the state of our libidinal economy.