Weak Signals is a new book that posits the idea that art and technology are alert to small changes shifts in different areas of society, 'weak signals' that might just indicate new trends or big changes on the way. They enable us to consider the unknown future not as a threat, but as a resource for new narratives.
This little pocket book, edited by Professors Lukas Feireiss and Florian Hadler and designed by Studio Yukiko, playfully identifies some of these weak signals. As a glossary of new terminologies and neologisms, it curates, archives, copies, combines and compiles ideas, texts and images using a cut-up technique. It brings together human-written and AI-generated texts in a flat hierarchical manner and provides a vast array of hyperlinks that form an intricate web of endless references.
The book derives from the seminars 'Art and Technology: A Research Network and Weak Signals: New Narratives in Art and Technology', conducted by Feireiss and Hadler at the Berlin University of the Arts in 2022-2023.
