Ed Hall

Shining, Appy ‘People’—Silvia Park’s Luminous Transpositions

Park animates the tug-of-war between pareidolia and paraphilia that would reasonably beset a society populated by androids who can pass for human, humanoid robots that cannot, some humans whose bionic enhancements make them more machine than flesh, and others whose foibles signal a nature too human for comfort.

Type:
Reviews
Source:
Winter 2026
Credit:
Text / Edward Austin Hall