Often, I wake up at 9am . I climb out from under the warmth
of my down comforter, never thinking what it would be like to
wake up at 6, to work an intolerable job. Worse would be to not
have slept at all, due to stress, mental disorder, or fear for
safety-- a fate that some endure as I take advantage of social
affiliations and privileges.
Using interactive video, robotic photographs, synaptic thoughts,
and images of myself performing autonomous actions, I simultaneously
disassemble and examine how complacency is manifested in my own
autonomous social interactions. Digitally manipulated conversations
in which I record my own voice in multiple personas form the
auditory subtext of my work. On the surface these conversations
sound deeply personal but upon extended listening, they reveal
nothing. The robotic, videogame quality of the dialogue suggests
an insurmountable marginalization of authentic feeling. My motivation
to dismantle and reveal the falsehoods in this marginalization
underscores the need to dismantle larger power structures that
foster complacency, suppress desire, and trivialize dissent.
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