Single-channel screen recording of a live bot performance on Twitter (equinor), November 30, 2020.
Single-channel screen recording of a live bot performance on Instagram (burgerking), November 26, 2019.
Single-channel screen recording of a live bot performance on Instagram (amazon), December 8, 2019.
Single-channel screen recording of a live bot performance on Instagram (starbucks), November 26, 2019.
Single-channel screen recording of a live bot performance on Instagram (crackerbarrel), November 26, 2019.
Single-channel screen recording of a live bot performance on Instagram (conocophillips), November 26, 2019.
Single-channel screen recording of a live bot performance on Instagram (Walmart), November, 26, 2019.
Single-channel screen recording of a live bot performance on Twitter (nsʇıɾnɟ), June 22-23, 2021.
Single-channel screen recording of a live bot performance on Twitter (pɹoɟ), June 22-23, 2021.
Single-channel screen recording of a live bot performance on Twitter (xǝɟıʇuod), June 22-23, 2021.
Single-channel video recordings of a live bot performance on Twitter (zara), March 22, 2021.
Single-channel screen recording of a live bot performance on Twitter (ʞooqǝɔɐɟ), June 22-23, 2021
Single-channel screen recording of a live bot performance on Twitter (etradefinancial), November 30, 2020.
Single-channel screen recording of a live bot performance on Twitter (elleusa), November 30, 2020.
Description
In this series of single-channel screen recordings of live bot performances on the social media feeds of various corporations, Arcangel uses simple gestures to call into question the genuineness of a brand's engagement with its customers, and to deflate the attempt to make this engagement less overtly transactional. Arcangel's use of a programmed bot facilitates monumental durational performances, occasionally extending to the length of a feature film. In installation, each work is to be displayed with a "landscape" orientation, to counter the ubiquitous vertical scroll of these feeds.
