Reflections on Camus's Absurd

In her essay, Jennifer Lyn Morone reflects on the philosophical concept of the Absurd as presented by Albert Camus in “The Myth of Sisyphus”. While Camus' concept of Absurdism is primarily an internal process of “permanent revolution” and contemplation by an individual, Morone argues that the Absurd can also be used externally as a means of expression to disrupt the status quo and challenge oppressive power structures. To illustrate this point, she draws on her own artistic and activist project in which she transformed herself into a corporation in order to explore the implications of data collection and surveillance in an increasingly digitized world, and to highlight the power inequalities within corporate capitalism.

Keywords: alternative realities ; Conceptual art ; corporate capitalism ; critical design ; data brokers ; data economy ; dome ; extreme capitalism ; inequality ; plural futures ; plurality ; provocative ; RadicalxChange ; social justice ; society