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The Metaverse in Janky Capitalism

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“The Metaverse in Janky Capitalism” by Daniel Felstead is presented to us by an irresistibly blasé AI-generated Julia Fox. An expert originator and manipulator of trends herself, she muses on how internet dynamics shape ideological trends in a robotic vocal fry. Capitalism has become janky for many reasons, one of them being the sloppy and frustrating interaction between online and offline life.

Facebook sees the metaverse as both an––apparently ugly––mirror of reality and an escape from it. But this vision of digital life completely misses what is actually interesting about it––in terms of aesthetics, content, and possibilities. It’s asepticized, two-dimensional, and uncannily smooth (let’s not forget the original metaverse avatars had no legs or butts). This isn’t because none of the $10 billion in funding went into design, but mainly because a VR headset can’t yet display (in real-time) a world as complex as, say, a PS5 can.

So where does the looming metaverse fit into janky capitalism––if it properly should, and will, fuck shit up, then what would be the best way for that to happen? Listen to AI Julia Fox for some grotesque, cringe, messy, perverse, and sublime analysis of the future of the internet.

WRITTEN & PRODUCED @felstead.daniel
3D ANIMATION @jennnital @serra.ozdemir
PRODUCER @laurenb0yle
ABOUT TEXT Ada O’Higgins
THANKS TO The internet by @felstead.daniel

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3 years ago

Presentation opener for my upcoming ‘I’m So Jenky’ lecture at The Department of Design, Faculty of Fine Art, Music, Design, University of Bergen.

Friday 25.09.26

Soundtracks by @djgapdjgap 💖 by @felstead.daniel

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7 days ago

Opening intro slide for my upcoming talk ‘In The Destructive Element - Immerse’ at the University of Bergen’s ‘The 4Ps of AI’ Seminar, 24.09.26 by @felstead.daniel

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9 days ago

Jankspace: Residues of The Stack (Trailer)
Game by Daniel Felstead & Jenn Leung

Jankspace: Residues of The Stack’ is a third-person open-world exploration game in which you play as the digital twin of Julia Fox, a fashion-world infiltrator navigating Jankspace: the gothic, underbelly of The Stack, the accidental megastructure hellhole we all have to live in.

Jankspace is a sprawling, surreal labyrinth of interconnected showrooms that is murky and mysterious. Moving through its glossy crimson-drenched spaces, you collect fashion assets and piece together an origin story through fragments of an in-world film, ‘Welcome to Jankspace, Babes’ as well as a patchwork of cryptic content that slowly makes sense of a world that seems to make no sense at all.

Equal parts fashion glamour, media theory mayhem, and grotesque tech horror, ‘Jankspace: Residues of The Stack’ explores the gap between the promise of tech, the allure of fashion, and its janky-ass reality.

Credits:

Game Design and Creative Direction: @felstead.daniel
Interaction Design and Development: @jennnital
3D and Unreal Engine Team: @lulu._space_, @1nbornred, @qianyu.arts.com_, @kozzshii , @hana_lee__
Digital Fashion Skins: @marie.lueder & @holly_jayne_wild

Commissioned By: State of Fashion @stateoffashionnl

now showing at:
Infrastructures: making space for the desires of others
17. 9. – 18. 11. 2026
@dum_umeni
Curated By Václav Janoščík @youngboytheory by @felstead.daniel

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13 days ago

Another prototype for an upcoming film adaptation of our game ‘Jankspace: Residues of The Stack’.

This clip includes another reading by Mounji of @dis.integrator & @trillo.roberto’s 2025 book ‘Exocapitalism’ which Jankspace is in dialogue with.

With:
@jennnital
@lulu._space_
@1nbornred
@qianyu.arts.com_
@kozzshii
@hana_lee__
@marie.lueder

Coming soon to a streaming platform hear you by @felstead.daniel

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14 days ago

Otranto 26 taken in Otranto, Puglia by @felstead.daniel

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17 days ago

Another prototype for the upcoming film adaptation of our game ‘Jankspace: Residues of The Stack’.

In this clip, Govy gives another reading of Rem Koolhaas’ seminal 2001 essay ‘Junkspace’.

With:
@jennnital
@lulu._space_
@1nbornred
@qianyu.arts.com_
@kozzshii
@hana_lee__
@marie.lueder

Coming soon to a streaming platform hear you by @felstead.daniel

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22 days ago

Another prototype for an upcoming film adaptation of our game ‘Jankspace: Residues of The Stack’.

Here, Zepu gives another reading from @mayabkronic’s essay ‘Cute and/or Janky’ which first introduced the concept of Jankspace.

With:
@jennnital
@lulu._space_
@1nbornred
@qianyu.arts.com_
@kozzshii
@hana_lee__
@marie.lueder

Coming soon to a streaming platform hear you by @felstead.daniel

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24 days ago

Another prototype for the upcoming film adaptation of our game ‘Jankspace: Residues of The Stack’.

In this clip, Govy gives another reading of Rem Koolhaas’ seminal 2001 essay ‘Junkspace’.

With:
@jennnital
@lulu._space_
@1nbornred
@qianyu.arts.com_
@kozzshii
@hana_lee__
@marie.lueder

Coming soon to a streaming platform hear you by @felstead.daniel

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Another early prototype for an upcoming film adaptation of our game ‘Jankspace: Residues of The Stack’.

In this clip, Ozempy gives a reading of Ursula K. Le Guin’s 2005 essay ‘A Rant About “Technology”.’

With:
@jennnital
@lulu._space_
@1nbornred
@qianyu.arts.com_
@kozzshii
@hana_lee__
@marie.lueder

Coming soon to a streaming platform hear you by @felstead.daniel

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