Interviewed by Isabella Greenwood for Vogue Adria as part of ‘Digital Folklore and Cyber Witchcraft’
“Magic and the internet are deeply meditative and, at times, dissociative spaces, where the loss of self in social media can be compared to trance-like states induced by magical rituals. As Piatek observes, these internet fictions about the self can also be interpreted as ways to escape the turbulence of our time, as well as a form of resistance against neo capitalist values. Although it initially seems to reflect the paranoia of our age and the constant search for God in godless places, it becomes clear that digital folklore and witchcraft are simply ways of reshaping the divine.”
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“Magic and the internet are deeply meditative and, at times, dissociative spaces, where the loss of self in social media can be compared to trance-like states induced by magical rituals. As Piatek observes, these internet fictions about the self can also be interpreted as ways to escape the turbulence of our time, as well as a form of resistance against neo capitalist values. Although it initially seems to reflect the paranoia of our age and the constant search for God in godless places, it becomes clear that digital folklore and witchcraft are simply ways of reshaping the divine.”
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