Cyberspace Heat Death is an essay and printed publication on the role of algorithmically-driven internet in the crisis of cultural innovation. In the light of the algorithmic paradigm shift, the problem of cultural stagnation is contextualized through a novel framework, borrowing from the logic of entropy. The text facilitates a broad understanding of this problem through the application of thermodynamic principles to data flows. Culture's vulnerability to the internet's “entropic death drive” is examined through the philosophies of Elisabeth Grosz, Gilles Deleuze and Bernard Stiegler. The thesis strongly critiques the tendency towards replication and advocates for a renewed cultural ontology and “intensive” art practices. Ultimately, this work advocates for a shift in perspective, recognizing the unique yet underutilised quality of art to generate Differences and understand its potential in resisting cultural homogeneity.
