We Could Do Worse
2023
Multi-media installation
Single-channel colour film, recorded with iphone & edited with free-to-use software
Printed images constructed using mobile app, from images taken with iphone & drawn on table
Produced at Artsformation residency, with Latra Foundation, Lesvos, 2023
Multi-media installation
Single-channel colour film, recorded with iphone & edited with free-to-use software
Printed images constructed using mobile app, from images taken with iphone & drawn on table
Produced at Artsformation residency, with Latra Foundation, Lesvos, 2023
We Could Do Worse lays out the retelling of the fictional attempt to build a new version of a democracy through the use of AI and digital technologies by three protagonists who led the experiment. The result of their work remains unknown; an ambiguity that suggests that perhaps the project is still continuing to this day. References to policy-making, citizenship and moral-driven software initially seem bland, but ultimately have a sinister resonance.
Photos: Kontakt Creative Studio_Thomas Mamakos for Latra Foundaton