CODE: Equinox

CODE: Equinox is a work of experimental prose poetry that combines lyrical text with the formal structure of graphic novels / comics in order to probe the intersections of the Anthropocene & digital ontology in media.

Just as the Anthropocene lives at both molecular & planetary scales (CO2 & the climate), our myopic digital activities are inextricably related to global human devastation. This thesis ploughs the fields of cyberpunk nostalgia to dredge up what might have happened to the aesthetic that promised so much (& yet disappointed so many) under the demands of the Anthropocene. Graphic novels such as Transmetropolitan & The Invisibles, as well as anime series such as Serial Experiments Lain & Neon Genesis Evangelion, serve as models of quasi-spiritual relationships to technology, & points from which to consider how to mediate our present.