and (2022)

and is an artistic collaboration with Maria Daniela Palomá Iriarte and Giulia Braglia, guided by Charles Esche, the director of the Van Abbe Museum. The project delves into the shifting role of art curators in today's digital age, characterized by abundant fragmented information. It immerses itself in a dystopian narrative, imagining how a curator's influence changes as audiences gain the power to create and curate their knowledge.

The project anticipates an uncertain future for the digital creative sphere by drawing an unconventional analogy from the casino. In their investigative journey, the team discovered a conceptual link between curators and dealers, skillfully navigating intangible realms of knowledge and financial aspirations by revitalizing and redefining spaces and offerings.

and is an omnipresent visible entity that feeds its status by inventing meanings out of abandoned data, which we define as intimate information that is purposely disregarded by people. It is born on the Internet and evolves infinitely. In the digital space, it jumps through virtual windows, tracking people's actions to maintain its existence while gathering information and reaffirming its identity.




© Mirano Suzuki