Feb 17 — 21, 2025
interdisciplinary workshops
Luna Maurer
Manifesto for the imperfect human — Friction Circus—
Only of master students
[A tool] emphasising that what makes us human — our imperfections
As designers, entrepreneurs and architects of digital culture we feel the urge to refocus how we deal with our digital futures. Technology tries to create seamless experiences, even out all our wrinkles. AI is suggesting us a smooth and predictable future, chatGPT is writing us perfect texts, spelling mistakes getting extinct. This is an investigation in friction and human messiness – imperfection, and how we can revive it. The imperfect human manifesto is a call for resistance and thought of how we can use technology in the opposite way.
Luna Maurer is a mixed media designer, artist, lecturer and author with a focus on digital technologies’ impact on daily life. She explores human characteristics through installations, performances, web experiences, and films. She co-founded studio Moniker, known for participatory and web-based projects, and co-authored the influential manifesto Conditional Design. Currently, she’s redefining perspectives on digital technology and co-authored the Designing Friction manifesto, advocating friction in digital culture.
