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title: "Art is War: Fear and Loathing on the Internet"
url: "https://josephmatheny.com/2025/12/03/art-is-war-fear-and-loathing-on-the-internet/"
language: "en-US"
updated: "2026-10-26T16:41:20+00:00"
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# Art is War: Fear and Loathing on the Internet

### Current work in process. Expected release date: late 2027.

#### An art manifesto for our changing times.

At the end of the movie ***[Apocalypse Now](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_Now)***, after hacking Kurtz to death during a ceremonial ritual, Willard picks up Kurtz’s manuscript and walks past the awestruck indigenous tribe who now view him with deity-like reverence.

The manuscript contains Kurtz’s dark summation and inner thoughts on the war, famously featuring the scrawled or written phrase: “Drop the bomb. Exterminate them all!”

What did the manuscript say, and what did it have to do with art?

[Watch my **Substack** for release announcements.](https://josephmatheny.substack.com/)

![Art  is War](https://i0.wp.com/josephmatheny.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/art-is-war.png?resize=806%2C789&ssl=1)