Zach Blas
Lecturer
Visual Cultures
Goldsmiths University of London
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr. Zach Blas is an artist and writer whose practice engages technology, queerness, and politics. Blas’s recent works respond to technological control, biometric governmentality, and network hegemony. Facial Weaponization Suite (2011-14) consists of “collective masks” that cannot be detected as human faces by biometric facial recognition software. Contra-Internet (2014-present) explores subversions of and alternatives to the internet and is supported by a 2016 Creative Capital award in Emerging Fields.
Research Interest
Areas of art and technology, media theory, science and technology studies, queer and feminist theory, contemporary art and activism, surveillance studies, and political philosophy.
Publications
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“Contra-Internet Aesthetics†Blas, Zach. 2014. “Contra-Internet Aestheticsâ€. In: Omar Kholeif, ed. You Are Here: Art after the Internet. Manchester: Cornerhouse Books. ISBN 9780956957177
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Edited Journal In Practice: Opacities. Camera Obscura: Feminism, Culture, and Media Studies Blas, Zach, ed. 2016. In Practice: Opacities. Camera Obscura: Feminism, Culture, and Media Studies, Camera Obscura: Feminism, Culture, and Media Studies, 31((2 92)). 0270-5346
