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Medium Hot: Images in the Age of Heat
By (author) Hito Steyerl
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Hito Steyerl is one of the most celebrated artists of our time. Her work, both as an artist and a writer, has consistently challenged the political boundaries between art and technolÂogy. In this new collection of groundbreaking essays, she explores how AI, the use of large language models and the algorithmic creation of imagery transform our understanding of the world. She argues that such practices cannot be divorced from the economic and political conditions of the times. Medium Hot is a collection of scintillating meditations on the limits of art and technolÂogy: the essential handbook for the present conjuncture. The pieces here probe the manÂufacture and distribution of images in the age of AI and climate change. She asks whether art can be made not only by machines but for machines. She argues against the production of images that heat up the planet, disfranchise workers and fuel the arms trade, and questions whether such creations can even be called art. In an era of such rapid change, Steyerl does vital work investigating whether machine learning will infiltrate every aspect of our lives and what that means for the future.
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Publisher | Verso Books
Published date | 9 Jun 2026
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 192
Dimensions | 198 x 129 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 250g
ISBN | 978-1-8042-9803-9
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BISAC | art / criticism
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