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In 2023, I participated in a group show with eight other artists titled We Want, We Refuse, We Commit that took place at 292 Gallery/Bullet Space, a historic art space in New York City.

We Refuse, We Want, We Commit focuses on the role of artists in building better technical systems for the Internet and beyond. The artists in the exhibition center technology and society in their work, in dialogue with themes of ethical technology, cautionary tales from the current Web, and artist approaches to building technology we want to see. We aim to open up the conversation about how artists and cultural workers can begin moving in solidarity to make meaningful change in technology—with the hope that just maybe, by reflecting on the current state of our digital lives, we can avoid repeating the same mistakes as we envision and create the future. — Roopa Vasudevan, Show Organizer

Gallery Show

Along with quotes and ephemera from the written companion article (see below) I displayed three original works of art. For each, I used 3D modeling software to recreate stylized versions of important living rooms from my life: “Seattle”, “The Beach” and “Grandpa’s House.”

More about the group show:

These works explore notions of virtual space, decentralization and ethics from a diverse array of perspectives—community building, the human microbiome, embodiment, domesticity, climate and more—but they all offer perspectives on building the Internet we want to see as artists, not just one we have to get used to living and working in. — Roopa Vasudevan, Show Organizer

artist book

Each artist wrote an article for an online book by the same title, We Refuse, We Want, We Commit. A print version of the book is forthcoming in 2024.

You can read my article, Home in the Metaverse, here.