Artists: Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Cory Arcangel, Jeremy Bailey, Wafaa Bilal, James Bridle, Antoine Catala, Douglas Coupland, Thomson & Craighead, Simon Denny, Aleksandra Domanovic, Constant Dullaart, Electronic Disturbance Theater, Cao Fei, Oliver Laric, Lynn Hershman-Leeson, Rafael Lozanno-Hemmer, Eva and Franco Mattes, Joshua Nathanson, Katja Novitskova, Trevor Paglen, Jon Rafman, Tabor Robak, Pamela Rosenkranz, Aura Satz, Bogosi Sekhukhuni, Jenna Sutela, United Visual Artists (UVA), Siebren Veersteeg, Andrew Norman Wilson, Guan Xiao, and Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

It's not me, It's you; It's not you, it's me / Douglas Coupland -- User guide -- Foreword / Hoor Al Qasimi -- How to house a minotaur or a design manual for the age of anxiety / Todd Reisz -- Enter the digital silk screen: gallery 1 / photo spread by Danko Stjepanovic -- A story starts with an event / Omar Kholeif -- Art in the age of anxiety : for Omar Kholeif / W.J.T. Mitchell -- We weren't very careful about what we wished for / Douglas Coupland -- Mediation/re-mediation: gallery 2 / photo spread by Danko Stjepanovic -- The Warhol files: Andy Warhol's long-lost computer graphics / Cory Arcangel -- A call for complaint: for plague speech, for sick speech / Anonymous -- Performance for the internet adapted from Performance for the computer (2006) / Jeremy Bailey -- Blurred lines: gallery 3 / photo spread by Danko Stjepanovic -- Genetic panic / Heather Dewey-Hagborg -- The pandemic and the interregnum / Norman M. Klein -- Future of money / Aruba Khalid -- Insulating profiles: Margaret Thatcher, Salesforce, software personas and the co-branded Patagonia power vest / Simon Denny -- Software persona document reliefs / Simon Denny -- On voicing / Mac Tuters and Omar Kholeif in conversation -- Technologically reinvigorate the departed / Saira Ansari.

"Artists and writers examine the bombardment of information, misinformation, emotion, deception, and secrecy in online and offline life in the post-digital age. Every day we are bombarded by information, misinformation, emotion, deception, and secrecy in our online and offline lives. How does the never-ending flow of data affect our powers of perception and decision making? This richly illustrated and boldly designed collection of essays and artworks investigates visual culture in the post-digital age. The essays, by such leading cultural thinkers as Douglas Coupland and W. J. T. Mitchell, consider topics that range from the future of money to the role of art in a post-COVID-19 world; from mental health in the digital age to online grieving; and from the mediation of visual culture to the thickening of the digital sphere. Accompanying an ambitious exhibition conceived by the Sharjah Art Foundation and volume editor and curator Omar Kholeif, the book is a work of art and a labor of love, emulating the labyrinthine corridors of the exhibition itself. Created by a group of writers, artists, designers, photographers, and publishers, Art in the Age of Anxiety calls upon us to consider what our collective future will be and how humanity will adapt to it."--Amazon.com.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name, presented at Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2020.