Civilization IV

# Civilization IV

Abstract

Eastwood (CS)
Eastwood uses the interactive computer strategy game Civilization IV as a medium to express their attitude towards contemporary social cultural practice and to map and visualize how systems are functioning. Yet in contrast to the "normal" Civilization IV they chose IT companies to emphasise the "military" structure in today's economy.

Civilization IV displays the functioning of the current IT complex in a most transparent way, including roles such as: military-entertaining complex, immaterial labour, pharmaceutical industry, net. economy, business espionage, surveillance mechanisms, sex/porn industry, terrorism, governments, and schizophrenia.

Participant Info

Eastwood (CS)

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In early June 2004 a digital culture event will be held in Vienna to examine the theories and practices for making new cultures of access viable.
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