Ecology of Attention publication is available online here.
In recent times, the subject of attention has often been discussed in connection to the attention economy, its mechanisms of monetization and means of control. Where is attention directed? Who pays attention to what, why, and for how long?
But the more technological development reshapes the way our attention is structured, the more we realize that there are many limitations to this approach—or rather that there are many modes of attention and that they are consequentially different in their nature.
According to cultural theorist Yves Citton, understanding this phenomenon as an “ecology” of attention means seeing attention as situated within its constitutive conditions and something that is collectively organized and valued.
This publication is an attempt to experiment with the documentation of Montag Modus' performance-exhibition series “Ecology of Attention” in the form of a digital publication. It includes the artistic contributions that were presented during the cycle as well as five new commissioned works that take a next step in the research of this subject.
Commissioned texts: Julia Bell Cru Encarnação eeefff collective Dina El Kaisy Friemuth Susan Ploetz
Artists: Lois Alexander Julia Bell Boglárka Börcsök & Andreas Bolm Christina Ciupke & Darko Dragičević Nicholas Grafia & Mikołaj Sobczak Constantin Hartenstein Hollow & Omsk Social Club Janne Nora Kummer & Anton Krause Nguyễn + Transitory Ania Nowak & Angela Alves Ania Nowak & Aleksandra Osowicz Sunny Pfalzer Sunny Pfalzer & Friends Cia Rinne Cia Rinne with Sebastian Eskildsen Trigger Collective Julian Weber Melanie Jame Wolf Work it Out with Montag Modus and DUST Lauryn Youden Siegmar Zacharias & Steve Heather
Editors: Léna Szirmay-Kalos, Maru Mushtrieva Graphic design: Adrienn Császár Typeface: Miniature, Benedek Takács Website developer: Tamás Páll Editorial production assistance: Beatrice Zanesco, Lisa Koch Copy editor: Ryan Eyers
Documentation of the publication release with the editors Léna Szirmay-Kalos and Maru Mushtrieva here
The publication is funded by the Berlin Senate for Culture and Europe.