Intimacy and the Machine: Godposting – or: New Internet Esotericism - Various Artists

Did the internet find God? In her second column for V/A, the American cultural critic Biz Sherbert went in search of new forms propelled by Catholic or religious iconography and practice...

↗ Share article Illustration Friederike Hantel Text Biz Sherbert Wed Sep 15 2021 Column ↗ Share article Did the internet find God? In her second column for V/A, the American cultural critic Biz Sherbert found an esoteric online aesthetic propelled by Catholic or religious iconography and practice. Godposting embraces admissions and confessions, baroque and obscure infographics, and individual mythologies. Are these signs of a yearning for transcendence; a search for what lies beyond the machine? Or is this the response to the ostensible transparency and authenticity of an online culture unable

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