Algorithm in The Air

 

Title: “Algorithm in the Air”

Year: 2019 

Size: 78 x78 inches

Material: Acrylic, marker, ink, collages, and spray paint on canvas

 

The painting symbolizes the roads followed by travelers and how their journey defines their dematerialized social identity.

The background of the painting presents the silhouette of a plane surrounded by collages of flight trajectory vectorial plans. It depicts the constant movements of aircraft and how these infinite possibilities of travel determine the economic trend of a city or country. Also, the aircraft refers to the digital social identity of individuals as they are allocated to a particular space in the plane. Each individual has a physical allotment depending on their journey analyzed by algorithms following their digital profile.