Actuate, 2022
Through repetitive reenactment, this video reveals the depths of our physical submission to corporate biometric systems. Subjects perform Face ID activation gestures without their devices, their bodies automatically responding to proprietary audio cues that have conditioned them in exchange for digital convenience.
The work exposes how tech-based corporations have successfully trained human bodies to perform specific movements, transforming personal identity into choreographed compliance. Each synchronized head rotation demonstrates our willing surrender to corporate control over the most basic aspects of human movement and self-recognition, revealing how proprietary technology makes physical demands on our bodies even in its absence.