Sing karaoke while live news is streaming in the background. This machine mimics our scrolling lives on Instagram, as social media profits off our most extreme emotions. These companies do not care when you see a cute kitten or the results of a bomb strike… as long as it feeds your dopamine-fueled addiction. What’s left is an anxiety-inducing cocktail of images stripped from their value and context. There is no more time for any valid emotions you feel, leading to a strange kind of nihilism that makes us confused about when to laugh, when to cry, or when to take action at all. (Learn how to delete your Instagram account: https://www.wikihow.com/Delete-an-Instagram-Account)
Roos Groothuizen is a media artist who cares about digital human rights. In her practice, she researches the human side of invisible algorithms, information filters, and unfair distribution. Who is in control over what we perceive? Using game mechanics as a preferred medium, she gives interactive and immersive forms to these abstract issues.
