Disturbing Volatility

Disturbing Volatility explores the perception of and sentiment towards economic systems and their market forces. Embraced and used to their advantage by some, for the majority volatility represents an appalling uncertainty and the loss of control. With the rise of financial technologies, humans are even further removed from decision-making processes and replaced by artificial intelligence. Algorithm-driven automated decisions account for approximately 80% of the daily trading volume, react instantly to signals and have caused significant fluctuation in recent years. This artwork embodies this alienation through an animation of 60 aerial videos recorded with a cellphone through the window ...View all