REPETAE: WORDS CAN COMMUNICATE BEYOND WORDS is an infinitely generative poetry performance by Technelegy, the AI alter ego of poet and language artist Sasha Stiles. In this browser-based poetry reading—or, rather, writing—code is used to augment poetic language. Stiles has programmed the work to write and rewrite variations on her touchstone AI-crafted mantra, WORDS CAN COMMUNICATE BEYOND WORDS, generating a … Read More
Gaza Lives: Resisting Cultural Genocide
Amid the staggering loss of life and urgent humanitarian crisis in Gaza lies the catastrophic destruction of places integral to Palestinian life. This story, done in collaboration with Visualizing Palestine, presents the devastating impact of the ongoing genocide on Palestinian cultural life and heritage, and the systematic methods of erasure employed by the Israeli state since 1948. Told in three … Read More
Cancer Alley
Cancer Alley is an immersive poetry film project which features environmental destruction in ‘Cancer Alley’, Louisiana, the heart of the Global petrochemical industry. The project draws attention for the need for multi-national companies to take more responsibility for their impact on the environment and the growing public awareness of how people’s lives are affected by extreme pollution. The project highlights … Read More
The non-voter time bomb
“The non-voter time bomb” is an immersive, multimedia investigation feature into voter abstention in the European Union (EU), designed to captivate and engage audiences through data and storytelling. While it can be accessed on smartphones, for an optimal experience, we recommend using a computer. This feature is divided into two sections: on the left of the homepage, users can explore … Read More
Breaking The Nets: An Oral History of India’s Fisherwomen
Our entry “Breaking The Nets” is a 5-part multimedia series of India’s fisherwomen that chronicles the discriminations they have faced, the battles they have waged, and the solutions they have crafted. At the heart of the fishing industry is the invisible labour of women. Over 12.3 million women, mostly from oppressed castes, work in fishing in India. They catch, farm, … Read More
Wan Wan
In Japanese, a dog barking is written/heard as “wan wan,” which in English sounds like “one one” or “11.” In English, the same sound is heard as “woof woof” or “bow wow”. For this work, I selected eleven different onomatopoeias from eleven different languages and put these eleven international dogs into a text conversation, a sort of canine United Nations. … Read More
Tardy Student Punishment Simulator
The following work is inspired by Wang Sijun, who teaches at a university in Sichuan province. Two unfortunate students were given the complex Chinese character “biáng” to write 1,000 times as punishment for tardiness. “biáng” is one of the most complex characters in Chinese, with 56 brush strokes. It is the name of a noodle dish from Shaanxi province: biáng … Read More
El Callao: Wounds and Repair
‘El Callao: Wounds and Repair’ are multi-screen animations/installations informed by Venezuelan cultural heritage and ancestral beliefs from diverse communities, which uncover the postcolonial past of El Callao. Calypso of El Callao is a music genre associated with Caribbean emancipation celebrations, with which Venezuelan minorities maintain their cultural identity. The Venezuelan ethnic artists dive into the rarely-known history with immersive animation … Read More
A Dream About Parking Lots
“A Dream About Parking Lots” is an interactive short story, meant to be accessed as a “walking simulator” type of adventure game. In this fiction, you’re trying to find the character’s car inside many types of parking lots. At the same time, you’ll be talking to your therapist, trying to make sense about why are you having these dreams and … Read More
#BLUD
#BLUD is a cartoon/video game hybrid created by a team of 5 – two artists, two programmers and one writer. It features traditional hand-animation and is told in episode-like segments. It has a total playtime of ~10-14 hours, allowing players to explore the town of Carpentersville and follow protagonist Becky Brewster from field hockey freshman through to becoming a vampire-slaying … Read More