Spike Art Magazine #87

ISSUE 87 (Spring 2026): Everythings Computer Go on, admit it. Theres no longer a meaningful distinction between real life and life online, up to and including sitting around in the park. So why shouldnt art reflect the furious, melancholic, psychedelic sensation that, even when we make our screens dark, weve all been permanently logged on? A new era deserves new aesthetics, but also fables, values, and protocols. Everything is interwoven. Everythings computer. Featuring Brian Droitcour on lore and NFTs; Marek Poliks & Roberto Alonso Trillo on exocapitalism; the godmother of internet girlhood, Ann Hirsch; locating the tech-feminist to tech-fascist spectrum with Anan Fries; a visual essay by Ruba Al-Sweel & Al Hassan Elwan; Gideon Jacobs defends useless images; Dena Yago on the second life of memes; Gnseli Yalcinkaya foretells a neo-oral age; a primer on internet cinema with Dana Dawud; Gary Zhexi Zhangs guide to Shenzhen, Chinas Silicon Valley; and a never-miss backpage from Tea Hai-Vlahovi: Underground communities prevail against odds. Like rats and nuclear bombs. Plus! Our new lifestyle section, LIFEMAXXING