Anastasia Kubrak (1993) is a designer & researcher, focusing on social and political implications of emerging technologies.
If everything is so smooth, why am I so sad? / User — Agent
Today, any inhabitant of a city is treated as a computational User by default. Smooth interfaces and real-time feedback loops augment our urban experiences, making us feel empowered, while subjecting us to processes of profiling, quantification, optimization and isolation. Through a series of texts, interviews and algorithmic lyrics, Anastasia Kubrak investigates what it means to be a human User in today’s technological infrastructures. How can Users gain more agency and be re-politicized?
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graduation workIf everything is so smooth, why am I so sad? Video — 16 June 2018
graduation workUser - Agent Installation — 16 June 2018
graduation workUser - Agent Installation — 16 June 2018
graduation workUser - Agent Publication — 16 June 2018
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working draftIf everything is so smooth, why am I so sad? Screenshot — 2018