Chapter Nine

Felicific Calculus: Technology as a Social Marker of Race, Class, and Economics in Rochester, NY

Eric Kunsman
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2017
Felicific Calculus — 585.266.9536 - RJC Sudsville Laundry, 709 Titus Avenue, Rochester, NY 14617

Eric Kunsman
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2018-Present
Life-Lines Throughout the United States — 215.739.0708 - Somerset Station, 2775 Kensington Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19134

Eric Kunsman
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2017
Felicific Calculus: Technology as a Social Marker of Race, Class, and Economics in Rochester, NY

Eric Kunsman
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2017
Visitors wearing a simulated spacesuit near the C-Space facility in the Gobi Desert, about 40 km from Jinchang in northwest China’s Gansu Province.

Matjaž Tančič
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2019-ongoing
Ottmar develops blockchain technology to track CO₂ certificates and has co-written a thriller about Bitcoin and Satoshi Nakamoto with his wife, a bestselling author.

Danny Franzreb
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2021-2022
A gold-colored coin commonly used to represent Bitcoin in a tangible form.

Danny Franzreb
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2021-2022
A mine worker wearing thermal clothing and hearing protection.

Danny Franzreb
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2021-2022
A U.S. air force mq-9 reaper unmanned aerial vehicle armed with hellfire missiles and 500-lb guided bombs at an air base in Kandahar province, Afghanistan

Louie Palu
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2011
El Capitan, once the world’s fastest supercomputer, performs over one quintillion calculations per second, supporting U.S. nuclear weapons stewardship and advanced research in climate, materials science, and national security through large-scale simulation. Livermore, California.

Spencer Lowell
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2011
BioBiped1, a biomimetic humanoid robot designed to replicate human walking using artificial muscle-tendon systems. Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany.

Max Aguilera-Hellweg
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2011
Barbara Belvisi, CEO of Interstellar Lab, a Paris-based company developing sustainable living systems such as the BioPod, an autonomous greenhouse designed for food production on Earth and during long-duration space missions. Paris, France.

Matjaž Tančič
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2019-ongoing
Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple.

Art Streiber
Photograph, Archival pigment, 1998-2005
60 Hudson Street, formerly the Western.

Peter Garritano
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2015
Data Center. Brooklyn, New York.

Peter Garritano
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2015
Network Operations Center

Peter Garritano
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2015
Undersea Cables

Peter Garritano
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2015
Removed — Michelle and Jimmy, Burlington, North Carolina.

Eric Pickersgill
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2014
Removed — Beatle Driver, Kolkata, India.

Eric Pickersgill
Photograph, Archival pigment, 201
Removed — Cindy and Sam, Lake Auman, North Carolina,.

Eric Pickersgill
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2025
Removed — Angie and Me, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Eric Pickersgill
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2014
Leszek Orzechowski, manager of the Lunares Research Station in Piła, Poland, a facility that simulates human space missions to the Moon and Mars.

Matjaž Tančič
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2019-ongoing
Glenn Spencer, 81, prepares one of his drones on property along the U.S.–Mexico border, where he is developing a sensor-triggered system designed to detect and track border crossings. Sierra Vista, Arizona.

Francesco Anselmi
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2017
Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post.

Martin Schoeller
Photograph, Archival pigment, 1998-2005
Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook and CEO of Meta.

Martin Schoeller
Photograph, Archival pigment, 1998-2005
Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google.

Martin Schoeller
Photograph, Archival pigment, 1998-2005
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX; owner of X (formerly Twitter).

Martin Schoeller
Photograph, Archival pigment, 1998-2005
Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft.

Martin Schoeller
Photograph, Archival pigment, 1998-2005
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple.

Martin Schoeller
Photograph, Archival pigment, 1998-2005
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Martin Schoeller
Photograph, Archival pigment, 1998-20
Coach’s Sports Bar, 19 West Main Street, Webster, NY 14580. From my series Felicific Calculus: Technology as a Social Marker of Race, Class, and Economics in Rochester, NY

Eric Kunsman
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2017

Act One Gallery – Chapter Nine

A Century in the Making

October 22, 2026- February 22, 2027

Chapter Nine

Act One Gallery – Chapter Nine

A Century in the Making

October 22, 2026- February 22, 2027

Chapter Nine

Felicific Calculus: Technology as a Social Marker of Race, Class, and Economics in Rochester, NY

Felicific Calculus — 585.266.9536 - RJC Sudsville Laundry, 709 Titus Avenue, Rochester, NY 14617

Life-Lines Throughout the United States — 215.739.0708 - Somerset Station, 2775 Kensington Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19134

Felicific Calculus: Technology as a Social Marker of Race, Class, and Economics in Rochester, NY

Visitors wearing a simulated spacesuit near the C-Space facility in the Gobi Desert, about 40 km from Jinchang in northwest China’s Gansu Province.

Ottmar develops blockchain technology to track CO₂ certificates and has co-written a thriller about Bitcoin and Satoshi Nakamoto with his wife, a bestselling author.

A gold-colored coin commonly used to represent Bitcoin in a tangible form.

A mine worker wearing thermal clothing and hearing protection.

A U.S. air force mq-9 reaper unmanned aerial vehicle armed with hellfire missiles and 500-lb guided bombs at an air base in Kandahar province, Afghanistan

El Capitan, once the world’s fastest supercomputer, performs over one quintillion calculations per second, supporting U.S. nuclear weapons stewardship and advanced research in climate, materials science, and national security through large-scale simulation. Livermore, California.

BioBiped1, a biomimetic humanoid robot designed to replicate human walking using artificial muscle-tendon systems. Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany.

Barbara Belvisi, CEO of Interstellar Lab, a Paris-based company developing sustainable living systems such as the BioPod, an autonomous greenhouse designed for food production on Earth and during long-duration space missions. Paris, France.

Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple.

60 Hudson Street, formerly the Western.

Data Center. Brooklyn, New York.

Network Operations Center

Undersea Cables

Removed — Michelle and Jimmy, Burlington, North Carolina.

Removed — Beatle Driver, Kolkata, India.

Removed — Cindy and Sam, Lake Auman, North Carolina,.

Removed — Angie and Me, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Leszek Orzechowski, manager of the Lunares Research Station in Piła, Poland, a facility that simulates human space missions to the Moon and Mars.

Glenn Spencer, 81, prepares one of his drones on property along the U.S.–Mexico border, where he is developing a sensor-triggered system designed to detect and track border crossings. Sierra Vista, Arizona.

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post.

Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook and CEO of Meta.

Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google.

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX; owner of X (formerly Twitter).

Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft.

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple.

Assange_Julian_19_Fr2_F_Steidl_BookP

Coach’s Sports Bar, 19 West Main Street, Webster, NY 14580. From my series Felicific Calculus: Technology as a Social Marker of Race, Class, and Economics in Rochester, NY