DEMONLOVERS INC.
DemonLovers Inc. is a business entity whose mediums are money (1), the internet (2), and affect (3). It derives its name from Olivier Assayas's neo-noir classic Demonlover, itself derived from the pornographic cult site insex.com (4). Born of a corporate romance, sustained through image fetishism, con, and crisis acting, DemonLovers Inc. is alwas at the verge of financial collapse. Yet it holds.
1. “The Greeks knew only two procedures of technologically reproducing works of art: founding and stamping. Bronzes, terra cottas, and coins were the only artworks that they could produce in quantity. All others were unique and could not be technologically reproduced.”
2. “ Today, the internet has replaced novels by writers like Balzac and Dostoyevsky. The internet is where we go to find out what others think and feel. However, if the internet is the only classical novel of our time, the question emerges: Is this a good novel or a bad novel? Is it a better novel than the novels of Balzac and Dostoyevsky, or not as good as these? “
3. “Habit-forming products leverage the brain’s internal triggers — emotions like boredom, uncertainty, desire — to create associations that keep users coming back.”
4. “Cyberspace IS hardcore pornography” in that pornography is perceived to be a predominant use of cyberspace.