The Illusion of Control - Print Edition #9

Can we control the climate crisis by banning plastic straws? Can mass protests prevent wars? Is it in our hands to avoid becoming an increasingly impoverished society? Will we control AI or will AI control us? If the answer to all these questions is “we can control”, is this an illusion of control or is the key to getting out of all this chaos that we are responsible for, again, humans themselves?

 This special issue, which pursues the question of "Can humans control everything?", features Barış Çavuşoğlu, with whom we came together for the production of the hybrid sculpture RTV-2 HR; Seçkin Pirim, the anti-control artist of controlled works; the Esmiyor team, with whom we question who is in control in the climate crisis; Ersin Han Ersin, who creates realities beyond the senses; Nisan Ak, the orchestra conductor who discovers the harmony of chaos; creative producers who take control of their lives in different geographies; Eray Dinç, who combines the dynamics of film and game; Thijs Biersteker, the new face of ecological art; the future file grown in a laboratory; Ahmet Öğüt, Daan Roosegarde, Burr Studio, the Good Arrivals Selection and many more await Mercado readers.

 You can purchase our 194-page edition of The Illusion of Control now.