Marc Da Costa

THE GOLDEN KEY

THE GOLDEN KEY

What power do myths have? Who gets to shape the myths of the future? A public encounter with a machine that generates an unending series of mythological tales.

TULPAMANCER

TULPAMANCER

Recovered from the laboratory of a deceased East German scientist, a machine that makes thoughts real.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT?

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT?

A study of government interrogation.

PARALLELS

PARALLELS

A site-specific installation exploring how computer vision interprets the landscape.

EKPHRASIS

EKPHRASIS

How can poetry be a used to interrogate generative AI? An exploration of C.P. Cavafy.

The Border Line

The Border Line

An experimental documentary about the Turkish-Syrian border.

SWAMP THING

SWAMP THING

An intimate encounter with your personal email archive.

QSL? A Visual Language of 2-Way Communication

QSL? A Visual Language of 2-Way Communication

Exploring the world of social connection among amateur radio operators in the 20C.

Ambient Shipping

Ambient Shipping

Over 100 million shipping containers travel the ocean each year, trailing data along with fuel exhaust. What if you listened to it?

Speculative Stock Photography

Speculative Stock Photography

You can hardly open a website or walk down a city street without encountering a piece of stock photography. What would it mean to intervene in the marketplaces behind them?

foia.fm

foia.fm

The sound of bureaucracy: foia.fm offers over 20,000 years of continuous data enjoyment, from Latvian agricultural statistics to Australian liquor licenses to Nevada shell companies, its all here, one syllable at a time.

Invisible Walls

Invisible Walls

Uncovering hundreds of surveillance experiments along the US-MX border.

The Power Grid

The Power Grid

5% of the world's CO2 emissions come from US electricity production. There are 8,521 specific sites where this happens. The Power Grid is an exploration of this landscape.

CLEAR ID

CLEAR ID

Clear ID is an interactive installation that allows participants to explore and experiment with the personal data stored in the barcodes of US driver's licenses.

Gmail Selfie

Gmail Selfie

Scenes from a life--Gmail Selfie is a personalized robot that runs in the background and makes a timelapse video of your email inbox.

STATE.VISION

STATE.VISION

STATE.VISION explores the visual culture of the post-9/11 national security state.

Black Car Mirror

Black Car Mirror

An unexpected archive in Uber receipts.