A series of video installations about internet content moderators. Contrary to popular belief, the removal of offensive material from the Internet is not carried out by sophisticated algorithms. It is the nerve-wracking, demanding job of thousands of anonymous human beings: people disguised as algorithms.
We have interviewed one hundred moderators, and created videos in which avatars with computer-generated voices speak in their place, recounting memories about content they removed from the web, including pornography, sexual solicitation, racism.
The six episodes were released on the Darknet, to watch them download the Tor Browser and go to http://kclmg3xrrxz5qklgbstieqkz2nmguv74dcgrd7fwgvojjzzbrzf674ad.onion
«A hole would be something. No, it was Nothing. And it got bigger, and bigger…»
Rock Biter, The NeverEnding Story
Installed at Carroll / Fletcher, London 2016
Projection, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Trailer
Ep.1 I would prefer not to include my name
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Ep.2 I’m currently living in my car
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Ep.3 His reign stops here
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Ep.4 A darker place mentally
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Ep.5 Something wasn’t right
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Ep.6 The saddest moment
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Ep. 1, 2, 3 commissioned by Abandon Normal Devices / Ep. 4, 5, 6 commissioned by SECCA