num_pages: 256
description: The Extreme Self is a new kind of graphic novel that shows how youve been morphing into something else. Its about the re-making of your interior world as the exterior world becomes more unfamiliar and uncertain.The sudden arrival of the pandemic pushed the world faster and further into the 21st century. Now life is dictated by two forces you cant see: data and the virus. Are you really built for so much change so quickly?Basar/Coupland/Obrists prequel The Age of Earthquakes: A Guide to the Extreme Present became an instant cult classic. Its been described as a mediation on the madness of our media and an abstract representation of how we feel about our digital world.Like that book The Extreme Self collapses comedy and calamity at the speed of swipe. Dazzling images are sourced from over 70 of the worlds foremost artists photographers technologists and musicians while Daly &amp; Lyons kinetic design elevates the language of memes into a manifesto. Over fourteen timely chapters The Extreme Self tours through fame and intimacy post-work and new crowds identity crisis and eternity. This is an eye-opening provocative portrait of whats really happening to YOU.
language: English
title: The Extreme Self
publisher: Walther König