“21st Century Ghost”
School for Poetic Computation Final Showcase, Spring 2019
A domestic altar cast from the projected sculptural forms of a Facebook profile, made in response to the issues surrounding user data privacy and protection in the event of death. Three ritual teacups sit on a concrete platform, each representing a gestural offering to a virtual body frozen in digital space owned by big tech.
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Rice, incense, concrete, piezo sensors, android tablet, raspberry pi, arduino, flowers. Image by Filip Wolak
“This is an altar to offer my virtual body anything it might want in the afterlife. Please place a stick of incense in the corresponding cup to make your offering.”