Holy Fire (How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the AI)

Type: Video collage Intention: Two of the primary disruptive forces in human civilisation are religion and technology, fuelling some of the greatest questions we face as a species: Why are we here? What is the point of consciousness? Who are our gods? Is this authentic experience or a dream? Is this reality or a simulation? Is religion a force for good or does it ultimately lead to corruption and oppression? Will advances in technology bring about a utopia or our demise? Can we ever be truly free? This piece attempts to examine these philosophical riddles by mining decades of Western pop-culture films for visual fragments that can speak in shorthand, the slices of manipulated imagery layer...View all