Virtual termites: a hypotextual technomutant explo(it)ration of william Gibson and the electronic beyond(s).

From: Style | Date: June 22, 1995| Author: Olsen, Lance | Copyright information

As a student at the University of British Columbia in 1976, the godfather of cyberpunk William Gibson discovered an essay by iconoclastic film critic Manny Farber called "Elephant Art and Termite Art," one of the few essays that directly influenced Gibson's aesthetics. In it, Farber distinguishes between two kinds of creation: (1) white elephant art, which embraces the idea of a well-crafted, logical arena and (2) termite art, which embraces freedom and multiplicity. This essay, itself a perf...

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