

Steyerl shows a digital world 'in which human lives and even nature can become data that can be mined, controlled, and cultivated.'

Keynes' term 'animal spirits', which refers to the ways emotions like fear or desire influence consumer decisions and the financial market. In the first section, 'A Sea of Data', which is titled after Steyerl's essay, a newly commissioned work Animal Spirits (2022) is a four-channel video installation taking after British economist John M. Ocula Conversation Hito Steyerl: How To Build a Sustainable Art World Read MoreĪs with Steyerl's e-flux essay 'A Sea of Data: Apophenia and Pattern (Mis-) Recognition' (2016), the show offers a new perspective on today's digital society, rampant with data, images, and algorithms.
