In an age of enshittification and fascistoid techno-accelerationism, Ludd Lives offers a moment of unity with our fantastic timeline, a timeline brought to humanity by Great Men™. There has never been a better time to be human than the digital age. The information highway is full of manna, delivered uninterruptedly to our smartphones. The leaders of the technological revolution offer a saving light, a beacon not seen by humanity since the Enlightenment. Commerce flourishes, enriching the masses in a sea of opportunity through influencing or dropshipping. One could say that we live in an age touched by the Finger of God. Then, humanity’s technological devices located that Finger, cut it down, and now we are all able to consume some of this Holy Finger in the form of protein powder.
To celebrate this moment, Pedro spent the last few years devising a mystical ceremony to awaken the cyborg within the audience, making them embrace technological bliss. Through a series of intricate rituals centered around the most powerful means of communication yet, PowerPoint, he passionately shares the gospel of prosperity in the digital age.
✹ Main exhibition @ Esoteric Ecotechnics. Irrational Computation and Conspiratorial Networking
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Pedro del Real Lavergne has been making artistic projects for many years. After leaving Barcelona for Vienna, he swapped doing radio and writing fanzines for lecture performances. Since discovering this medium, he has been tackling a wide range of topics through interactive, PowerPoint-based performances. Among other themes, he has done performances on food waste, mental health, the urban space and sport, Barcelona’s esoteric history, homelessness, and many more. Besides that, he has conducted bibliomantic readings in his car, drawn many cartoons and short comics, and been involved in different cultural and political initiatives in the city. His main personal interests are in digital sociopolitics, esoteric history, science fiction, and comic books. His salaried job is in science communication at the University of Vienna.
