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AO ROBERTS

ASH FROM A FIRE SKIN OF A SNAKE, 2018

From Cambridge Analytica’s O.C.E.A.N. algorithm to belomancy and black mirror gazing, data mining and divination are combined to find a long view of language and mediated self-understanding.

Install at "Connectivity", The Auxiliary UK.

The face of AO Roberts, a white non-binary person, wearing a baseball cap and black shirt. The image is fragmented and made of many misaligned planes giving a feeling of disjuncture.

A public park on a sunny day in the foreground an arrow target facing perpindicular to the camera . The target is covered in arrows, each with text reading divination outcomes like"Tears turn to joy", "Unsuccessful venture", "Withering" "Voyage".

A black room with an illuminated sculpture in the center. A steel structure with three legs and an angled circular base holds up a piece of fabric onto which video in tones of blue and green is projection mapped

A hand holding a book in front of a vase of white flowers and a window. The book features the resideny publication from the 2018 Auxiliary residency, with open pages featuring AO Roberts work.

A digital image with plants, garbage, and sections of weeds interrupted by photoshopped blue streaks.

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