Origin Story | Izzy Pezzulo
“We get the feeling that we haven’t truly begun to inhabit networks—the more ecstatic and catastrophic modes of interconnection remain to be tested.” –John...
Fear and Loathing in GTA V | Morten Rockford Ravn
For his series of haunting photographs taken in Grand Theft Auto V, Morten Rockford Ravn embarks on a dérive to GTA‘s fictional state of...
Dept. of Cute | Crystal Beiersdorfer
“Digital culture is constantly altering the definition of what it means to be a “beautiful” woman, with the worshipping and glorification of the proper...
Virtual Embodiment | Christina Smiros
Christina Smiros explores the tensions between technology and the self. In virtual embodidment, she forms and erases her “pixelated form” where she describes her...
Blonde Women Looking Away | Szilvia Ruszev
In Blonde Women Looking Away, Szivlia Ruszev responds to The Broad Museum’s collection of artist and photographer Cindy Sherman alongside “Untitled Films Stills” from...
Search Engine Vision “ISIS” | Eric Souther
Search Engine Vision “ISIS” explores the semiotic shift of language as transient definitions that form organically online. The piece opens with examples of the...
Brooklyn School of Magic | Elizabeth Montague
Artist Statement This piece was inspired by a combination of the recent casting of a black Hermione Granger in the play Harry Potter and the Cursed...
The Word on the Street is not a Word: It’s An 😄 | Grace O’Brien
The newfound popularity of emojis and emoticons can be attributed to the human need for nonverbal communication, representing language progression and evolution. They serve...
Marginal Consent | Dana Dal Bo
Editor’s note: This piece is intended for mature audiences. In this two-minute video, artist Dana Dal Bo reenacts poses associated with hysteria in the late 19th...
Island Fishing | Chris Ritson
Island Fishing is a video loop created from digitally composited, handmade, stop-motion animations. It uses traditional Japanese kirigami forms (cut-and-glue origami) to manipulate depictions...