Anna Ørberg: Algorithms Anonymous
Algorithms Anonymous, 2022, duration 16 min.
The video shows six algorithms dressed in rabbit costumes gathered in a closed room for an AA meeting. A meeting at Algorithms Anonymous. In the small, closed circle, they share their stories and use AA’s 12 steps for personal recovery. They each process their dark past facing it. They are algorithms that have been involved in activities such as data collection, manipulation of debt certificates and drone warfare. Actions that have led them deep down the rabbit hole and of which they only now understand the consequences.
The work was part of the solo exhibition “TECH-HIGH!” at Nikolaj Kunsthal in Copenhagen, 2022. The exhibition examined the close connection between technology and addiction.