MFRU31: Pedro del Real Lavergne: Ludd Lives! (The Holliness in the Machine)

In an age of enshittification and fascistoid techno-accelerationism, Ludd Lives offers a moment of unity with our fantastic timeline, a timeline brought to humanity by Great Men™. There has never been a better time to be human than the digital age. The information highway is full of manna, delivered uninterruptedly to our smartphones. The leaders of the technological revolution offer a saving light, a beacon not seen by humanity since the Enlightenment. Commerce flourishes, enriching the masses in a sea of opportunity through influencing or dropshipping. One could say that we live in an age touched by the Finger of God. Then, humanity’s technological devices located that Finger, cut it down, and now we are all able to consume some of this Holy Finger in the form of protein powder.

To celebrate this moment, Pedro spent the last few years devising a mystical ceremony to awaken the cyborg within the audience, making them embrace technological bliss. Through a series of intricate rituals centered around the most powerful means of communication yet, PowerPoint, he passionately shares the gospel of prosperity in the digital age.

The 31st edition of International Festival of Computer Art (MFRU31) entitled Esoteric Ecotechnics. Irrational Computation and Conspiratorial Networking, focuses on underground and secret connections between media technologies, users, knowledge and information circulation.