Virtual Worker Diaries | Forest Kelley
Virtual Worker Diaries (2022) targets the rise of virtual labor markets and crowdsourcing by illuminating the “layers of obfuscation” inherent to the anonymous exchanges....
iHope | Ciarán Short
Ciarán Shorts’, iHope (2021) integrates spoken word poetry with snapshots of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. Shorts’ poem narrates his “personal response to...
Response to Virtual Worker Diaries | Ryan Keep
Forest Kelley’s Virtual Worker Diaries (2022) offers a sobering view on “micro-labor,” and the inherent physical and emotional distancing that characterizes a digital workforce....
A Butterfly in the Cloud | Eryk Salvaggio
Eryk Salvaggio, in his video piece A Butterfly in the Cloud (2021), explores the relationship between nature and technology. Salvaggio employs artificial intelligence to...
I’m your pixelpleasure | Zander Porter
Zander Porter’s I’m Your Pixelpleasure (2017) is an imbrication of the internet pop culture feed and the bruising reality of identity in politics. The...
Fuck, Where is the Mute? | Jonathan Kelham
In the piece, Fuck, Where is the Mute: Leaders Annual General Meeting 2021 (2021), Johnathan Kelham depicts internet communication in 2021 through an early...
Alexa Echoes | Amanda Turner Pohan
In Alexa Echoes (2020), Amanda Turner Pohan weaves the ever-renewed legend of women being transformed into sound alone. The film, akin to a chamber...
A Flexible Mode | Jinu Hong
In A Flexible Mode (2019) artist Jinu Hong responds to the prompt: What is the contemporary vocabulary of collage? Channeling French illusionist and stage...
Calm Down! | Crystal Beiersdorfer
In Calm Down! (2019-2020), Crystal Beiersdorfer contrasts digital guided meditations with the hyperactive nature of the internet. The piece combines guided meditation with collages...
Pohan Amanda Turner | Q+A
Digital America interviewed Amanda Turner Pohan in April 2021 to discuss her work Alexa Echoes (2020) and misogyny perpetuated by voice-based AI assistants. :::...