We are seeking creators whose practice, critically or not, connects with or questions ideas around our relationship with technology through imagery, video, sound and writing. We will collate the works of successful applicants into a physical publication that will be released in Autumn 2023 ready for an unorthodox winter read. Please note that QUASI are a not-for-profit arts collective, so at present are unable to pay contributors, though this is a long term aim of ours.

While technology can act as a means of providing relief through escapism and apparent connection, it is increasingly utilised as an anaesthetic, numbing the brutal and overwhelming frenzy of modern life that affects us all.

Beaten by the inexplicable passage of time and the dread of not having enough of it to achieve our dreams, we use our devices to distract ourselves from and escape existence. Fuelled by the pseudo-exposure offered by social media, a cultural obsession with vanity and youthfulness has become more established than ever. Hypnotised by the image of perpetual youth, we can lose our grip on responsibility and agency, slipping ever closer to a reality ruled and driven by external forces.

Establishing emotional and physical barriers, governments and corporations all over the world are using technology in the information age to cultivate and influence ideas, encouraging a climate of tension, confining freedom of expression and encouraging homologation rather than diversity and individual thought. The idea of a mentally and physically controlled population is becoming ever more believable.

Now, potentially headed toward a dystopian "Black Mirror" future where we are valued, marked and monitored for anything we do or say, and controlled in anything we think, will technological advancement lead us to become a tame, docile and passive species?

On the contrary, can technology take us away from hard labour forever and allow us to make better use of our time? Will it open up new avenues through which we can express ourselves and share in the human experience rather than condemn it to monotony? Can it provide a way out of the cyclical work routine that leads us all to death in life?

Undeniably, all art, music and writing, as well as our surroundings, are rapidly being shaped by automation. Debate around technological advancement and its impact on our relationships with nature and one another is ongoing and complex.