Features Archives - Digital America

Silent Adaptation | Tairan Hao

Silent Adaptation (2025) investigates themes of existential uncertainty, cultural norms, and the quest for purpose in the face of contemporary challenges. Focusing on the...

Simulacra Goose | Schuyler Dragoo

Untitled (digital diagnosis) | Lauren Aria

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POV: Scratching compact discs of sentimental value | Miguel Gallego

POV: Scratching compact discs of sentimental value (2025), investigates human relationships with the outmoded medium of CDs via their digital and tangible properties. Gallego...

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Wipe out red dots | Yuwen Huang

Wipe out Red Dots (2023) is an interactive piece that forces us to face the exploitation of our attention from UI notifications. Utilizing the...

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Fields | Arden Schager

The Fields (2025) is an interactive web piece that allows users to create and add an emoji field to a shared space of contributions....

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The Ministry of Notnot

The Ministry of Notnot (2025) is a series of video installations dubbed “Cabinets” that present an alternative to our current government within an equally...

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GAN of Living Skies | Cat Bluemke

GAN of Living Skies (2023) offers a new perspective on the relationship between AI and the environment utilizing solar energy to re-imagine—and build upon—American...

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_Prog[W]res[tle]s_ | Mez Breeze

Mez Breeze’s interactive web piece, _Prog[W]res[tle]s_ (2024), explores themes of doom scrolling, political erosion, climate change, extremism, and gender-based objectification. Breeze creates AI-collaborative visual...

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Inspired from “Silent Adaptation” by Tairan Hao | Audrey Chen

This short animation is inspired by Silent Adaptation, which powerfully explores themes of silence, adaptation, and the fragile relationship between humans and the environment....

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Response to Fields by Arden Schager | Brooke Harper

Fields (2023) is a deceptively simple yet profoundly moving digital artwork that transforms a quiet interface into a powerful space for shared emotional presence,...

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can-you-hear-me-over-the-files | Lu Gillespie

Lu Gillespie’s can-you-hear-me-over-the-files (2024) is an interactive, conceptual piece that orchestrates through a series of commands on the user’s personal device. The files are...

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Welcome to the Enclave | Sarah Lasley

Built with Unity during the Covid 19 pandemic, Sarah Lasley’s Welcome to the Enclave (2023) follows two sisters as they try to save their...

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Edit Ver. 1 | Chun Guo

Chun Guo’s Edit Ver. 1 (2024) is an visually rich animated video that explores how contemporary users attempt to construct and deconstruct their identity...

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Next to You (in-malibu.mx) | Rodrigo Nava Ramirez

Next to You (in-malibu.mx) is a website where Rodrigo Nava Ramirez has been singing “Malibu” by Miley Cryrus on a loop since 2017—the year...

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julianne | Julianne Aguilar

julianne (2024) reflects a year-long exploration into both appearing and disappearing on the internet. Mexican-American artist Julianne Aguilar is motivated to bring back the...