@ HCI – Division for Human-Computer Interaction,
Techno-Z Salzburg Bauteil V, Jakob-Haringer-Straße 8, 5020 Salzburg
TALK:
„Reality Used to be a Friend of Mine“
These are techno-feudal times, and gamified social media holds us tightly. Platforms coerce both content viewers and makers into playing by game-like rules. MrBeast – the biggest YouTube channel – is a symptom of YouTube’s exploitative reign. Playing virtual gods, makers forget who runs the servers. But let’s not be fooled by the neo-medievalist fable of success: MrBeast is not the main character, nor is any creator. The platform is.
Arnas looks at the case of MrBeast, intensification – YouTube’s push for more extreme content – and the possibility of reality becoming a game.
SPEAKER:
Arnas Rasim is a multimedia artist based in the Netherlands. He focuses on themes of fiction, visual culture, and internet politics. He creates videos, publications, workshops, and comic stories, approaching creativity with journalistic investigation. Arnas contributes to NARA, a slow journalism group in Vilnius, developing stories and editorial designs. In 2025 he received the Young Journalist Award at the Romas Sakadolskis Journalism Forum.
More information about Arnas Rasim:
arnasrasim.com
Language: EN
picture credit: Arnas Rasim
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