
AnathemaisacontemporaryFantasiaonthenotionofthenetworkanditsinherentinstability,wheretheorganicnetworksofhumanrelationsandthecrystallinelatticesofsilicon-basedtechnologiesintertwine,andoftentangle.Fromtheartists’statement:Anathemare-imaginesthemicroscopicbehaviorofliquidcrystalsundergoingturbulenceasasentiententitythatpossessesthefingertipsandtheeyesenthralledbytheLCDtouch-screensofcommunicativecapitalism.Anathemacanbeunderstoodasanobject-orientedvideothatisolatesandrecombinesthemagicalgesturesofdreamfactorycapitalism.Bybringingthetelecommunicatingcouplingsofmother-father-daughter-son-machinesandboyfriend-girlfriend-unitsintocontactwiththeconductiveimageryofliquidcrystallization,Anathemaproposesitselfasaprototypeforacounter-spellassembledfromthepossibleworldsofcapitalistsorcery.