“Humans are a species between worlds,” John Mack says. “Smartphones, designed to be tools, have become our reality — and with every swipe, tap and pinch, our humanity is being exported, little by little. (…)”

“Among the designers featured in the London Design Biennale is John Mack. Through his non-profit Life Calling, the author and artist strives to preserve humanity in the Digital Age. The organisation provides educational tools, runs programmes and community activations, and produces publications focused on the importance of balance. (…)”

“Taking inspiration from the cultural fervor ignited by Pokémon Go when it launched in 2016, the photographer fuses the virtual landscapes of the cult-favorite AR game with his own striking nature photography. Described by Mack as “gamified meditation,” the experience blurs the lines between the virtual and physical worlds, where viewers interact with his photography through avatars of themselves in an app-based environment. (…)”

“Called “A Species Between Worlds: Our Nature, Our Screens,” it’s a free exhibition running through September 30 at Skylight Modern (537 West 27th Street) that explores our relationship with our smart devices. The two-story show features photography and poetry by John Mack presented alongside a month-long forum with high-profile speakers, including Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen and Yuval Noah Harari, the bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. (…)”

“When a prison gets bigger, it’s still a prison,” artist John Mack said of the metaverse. His exhibit "A Species Between Worlds" is at the Skylight Modern studio space in New York. (…)

“In 2016, a stampede of people flooded the streets of Taipei, stopping garbage trucks and buses in the wake of their single-minded pursuit. What unified so many to disrupt the rhythms of everyday life couldn’t be seen by anyone outside of the crowd (…)”

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Featuring John Mack, Author and Lecturer, Life Calling Initiative; Artist of A Species Between Worlds (…)”

“Artist, author, and lecturer John Mack announces a month-long immersive exhibition A Species Between Worlds: Our Nature, Our Screens. Over the month of September, the exhibition examines the intersection of humanity and technology via a gamified meditation experience aimed at restoring balance between ourselves and our smart devices. (…)”

“Humans are a species between worlds" explains artist, author and lecturer John Mack of his brand new exhibition. "We’reon a mass-migration from the natural world to the digital world, abdicating our natural spaces while expanding digital ones. Smartphones, designed to be tools, have become our reality - and with every swipe, tap and pinch, our humanity is being exported, little by little. (…)”

“John Mack is a man on a mission. Having spent the last two decades working as a photographer in Mexico, France and most recently Spain, Mack is now swapping the photography life for an altogether different one. He has become an author, poet and campaigner during the inexorable rise of technology, who wants to wake up the human race before it sleepwalks into total digital enslavement. (…)”

“In 2016, there was a stampede that occurred in Taipei due to the global frenzy surrounding Pokémon GO. Around that time, visual artist and author John Mack was inspired by the incident. (…)"

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