Medial Disorders: A Critical Compendium on Technology's Traumas

Christian Nirvana Damato, writer, curator, and founder of Inactual Magazine, has conceived the editorial series "Medial Disorders," a trilogy of volumes examining technology's pathological aspects. The first volume, featuring contributions from Geert Lovink, Domenico Quaranta, Isabel Millar, and the Clusterduck collective, repurposes the structure of the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) to diagnose technology as a fictional patient, inverting the DSM's descriptive symptomatology to offer an interpretive compendium. Damato argues that technological disorders are inherent in programming processes driven by market and privatization logics, which commodity attention and time. The second volume is scheduled for release by the end of 2025, with an open call for submissions currently active. Damato also discusses Inactual Studio, a creative agency for art, culture, and publishing, and plans for future monographs, hybrid books, and artist books focusing on emerging authors and artists. The interview was published by Artribune in May 2025.