Two artists turn your phone's guts into alien archaeology. Bartz's twitching mechanical sculptures and O'Leary's fiber-optic mineral screens expose the mines and algorithms behind your doom scroll, inviting you to wander a desolate sci-fi landscape where technology finally stops working for us.
new media installation
surveillance capitalism critique
collaborative exhibition
sci-fi aesthetics
Tips
🪐"a desolate planet populated with alien artifacts both ancient and futuristic" (Clark Buckner)
⛏️TV Rock uses actual ulexite, a boron ore from Western mines
⌨️keyboard keys tap out automatic, illegible text — watch them dance
Saturday, June 13, 2:00 PM
DIAGENESIS - Closing Reception
June 13 at 2pm
West SoMa
Two artists turn your phone's guts into alien archaeology. Bartz's twitching mechanical sculptures and O'Leary's fiber-optic mineral screens expose the mines and algorithms behind your doom scroll, inviting you to wander a desolate sci-fi landscape where technology finally stops working for us.
new media installation
surveillance capitalism critique
collaborative exhibition
sci-fi aesthetics
Tips
🪐"a desolate planet populated with alien artifacts both ancient and futuristic" (Clark Buckner)
⛏️TV Rock uses actual ulexite, a boron ore from Western mines
⌨️keyboard keys tap out automatic, illegible text — watch them dance
Saturday, June 13, 2:00 PM
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