Goodbye, World! weaves through digital cultures, illustrating how both life and art have changed in the twenty-first century. Omar Kholeif's critical eye is as alert to the issues facing artists as it is to those confronting the contemporary viewer.
Sofia Victorino, Daskalopoulos Director of Education and Public Programmes, Whitechapel Gallery
Omar Kholeif's insightful new book, built upon knowledge accumulated from research and practice, distills a fast-moving world mired with image overload, where the continuous reproduction of popular, or indeed viral images, contrary to general belief, can in itself offer a refreshing experience and hold an intrinsic value of its own. With Goodbye, World!, Kholeif has emerged as one of the leading contemporary historians of the digital age.
Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Director's Fellow at MIT Media Lab, founder of Barjeel Art Foundation
Through deft juxtapositions of image, text, and digital detritus, Kholeif presents a visceral take on the strange implications of a world in which images, politics, subjectivities, and affects are recombined in a post-internet era. An Arcades Project for the twenty-first century.
Trevor Paglen, Artist
Omar Kholeif pushes forward our rapidly evolving understanding of contemporary art in the digital age. Goodbye, World! is an essential survey of the widening field of digital forms and formats and the growing number of artists that give this art its expression. Moreover, it is a fresh and necessary exploration of the very ontology of the work of art that digital movements force us to reevaluate.
Ken Stewart, Assistant Dean and Director of Communications and Public Programs, Harvard University Graduate School of Design