In Media Res (MFA thesis exhibition)
The Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA, April–May 2018
Research, exhibition design, web design and coding
The Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA, April–May 2018
Research, exhibition design, web design and coding
In this installation, a series of continuously changing live feeds generated by automated image searches and Twitter bots joins a holographic “talking head” that reads headlines and keeps watch in the middle of the exhibition space.
In the current media landscape, we are inundated by a constant feed of media that responds and adapts in real time to the impulses of our psyches and the dimensions of our devices. Beneath the surface, this stream of information is directed by hidden, automated controls and steered by political agendas.
Content is continuously changing and no surface is fixed, pointing to a dystopian present-future in which information is hyper-present, generating and even consuming itself. Two monitors flank the projected banners, creating an in-between space for viewers to watch and be watched simultaneously. Text-to-speech technology mashes gallery visitors’ words together with audio content randomly generated from online searches and played in the space, making gallery visitors an unwitting part of the work.
In the current media landscape, we are inundated by a constant feed of media that responds and adapts in real time to the impulses of our psyches and the dimensions of our devices. Beneath the surface, this stream of information is directed by hidden, automated controls and steered by political agendas.
Content is continuously changing and no surface is fixed, pointing to a dystopian present-future in which information is hyper-present, generating and even consuming itself. Two monitors flank the projected banners, creating an in-between space for viewers to watch and be watched simultaneously. Text-to-speech technology mashes gallery visitors’ words together with audio content randomly generated from online searches and played in the space, making gallery visitors an unwitting part of the work.
