Sinopse: The Best Of Mr. Chao - The Futurologist Collection Features A Magical Archive Of Strange And Wonderful Objects Assembled By A Fictional Researcher, Mr. Chao. The Collection Shows His Fascination With The Relationship Between Nature, Artifice And Technological Advancement. Robotic Ants, A Mechanical Fish, A Virtual Reality Glasses And A Coffee Blender Are Just A Few Of The Many Items That Appear In Photographs - Often Applied In Bizarre Contexts, As If To Suggest That Their Initial Function Was Never Fully Understood. Guilherme Gerais Sought Visual Inspiration From Laboratory Visits, Recreations Of Real Science Experiments, And His Own Vivid Imagination. In Addition To Examining How Nature Informs Scientific Progress, The Work Emphasizes Our Commitment To Projecting Our Own Future. Curiously, The Book Edition Was Left To Artificial Intelligence: A Visual Recognition Service Was Employed To Determine The Size And Sequence Of Photographs In The Book's Layout. Beginning After The End / Timothy Morton -- The Best Of Mr. Chao: Source Code (booklet) Guilherme Gerais. Cover Title. Chiefly Illustrations. Accompanied By The Best Of Mr. Chao : Source Code Booklet. 'the Best Of Mr. Chao: A Futurologist Collection' Is A Photographic Project By Guilherme Gerais With Photographs Created By The Author And Documented At Specific Locations. Computable Poetry And Design By Mariana Lobão (werkplaats Typografie, Arnhem, Nl)--colophon. English And Portuguese.
