Alex Quicho is an Associate Lecturer in Speculative Futures at Central Saint Martins and Director of Futures at the research agency Canvas8. She is the author of Small Gods (2021), a book on the terror and transcendence of drones, and investigates technologies of 'girlification' at Girlstack. She is published by Wired, The White Review, Bookforum, The New Inquiry, Art Review, Real Life, and others; and produces texts, talks, and films for institutions including Singapore Art Museum, Somerset House (London), Power Station of Art (Shanghai), Julia Stoschek Collection (Berlin), Rennie Museum (Vancouver), and Nationalgalerie (Berlin).