First published 2022
Characters inhabit a shifting digital landscape where algorithms determine their words. They read from scripts that change continuously, generated by machine learning systems that reshape their voices in real time. The multichannel video installation places viewers inside this technological maze where Black bodies and narratives face erasure by automated processes. Characters navigate a world where their stories are filtered, altered, and sometimes deleted by systems beyond their control. The installation's physical elements create multiple viewing perspectives as audiences witness these digital interactions unfold across screens. Syms documents how images proliferate and circulate through networks while examining who controls the flow of visual information. The work reveals the complex relationship between human identity and technological mediation, showing how machine systems can render certain voices invisible while amplifying others.
Genres: art, contemporary, technology, 21st-century
Vibes: atmospheric, thought-provoking, unsettling
Tropes: erasure, filtered-voices, technological-maze
76 pages · Paperback · Philadelphia Museum of Art