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Whenever the inequitable distribution of resources crosses into territories once thought impossible, Critical Art Ensemble (CAE) has responded with a public party to highlight the achievements of various oligarchies and plutocracies in a manner that

CAE transforms statistical data on global economic inequality into an embodied spatial experience. Using a helicopter, participants are lifted to hover at a height that allows them to visualize the economic separation of the top 1% from the bottom

This interactive video installation is a collaboration between myself and Camille Turner. This mediawork is an exploration of the sex, beauty and racial myths which are encountered by a young black Canadian woman and the various conflicting message

War zones are as instructive as they are destructive. Since Vietnam, they have beautifully illustrated the contradiction between capitalism and democracy. They teach the lesson that (false) democracy is an alibi for the good intentions of capitalist

Free Range Grain was a live, performative action that used basic molecular biology techniques to test for genetically modified (GM) food in the global food trade. CAE wanted this interventionist performance to demonstrate how the "smooth space" of

Molecular Invasion was a participatory science-theater work done in cooperation with students from the Corcoran School of Art and Design and exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC. In this work, CAE/da Costa/Pentecost and selected

“Monolith” deals with the complexities of fear as a contemporary social phenomenon. By letting the viewer experience fear, the installation offers critical insights into the effect of cultural conditioning in contemporary society. Furthermore, it

DIGITAL MONSTERS DON'T BLEED An algorithm is a distinct method of instructions for calculating and solving a problem or a set of problems. It consists of a number of well-defined individual steps and can, for instance, be implemented to execute a

In this piece, while observing the effects of new technology, Olga Kisseleva has singled out the conditioning of behaviour at the heart of complex systems on the local as well as the global scale. Her interventions, which are strictly related to

UHD is a html game junky parody project in 3 variations. UHD is a browser based interactive split-screen audiovisual remix and color-composition-game using web-works and animations by jtwine.com. UHD is an overdosing project, a critical reflection