Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The NPC (non-player character) movement invites users to embody machinic gestures, conceptualized as a “dispassionate disposition of the posthuman condition.” This study combines a bibliographic review on the body in technology and dance archives with an analysis of TikTok profiles showcasing NPC aesthetics. It situates the phenomenon within ecological and cultural contexts, exploring organic archives such as trees, reefs, ice caps, and humans refining machinic gestures as a form of embodied memory.
Source: Conceição|Conception
Institution: University of California, Riverside
Language: English
Subfield: Cultural Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405993865