Persuasion Machines

Director:

Institute History

  • 2020 Sundance Film Festival

Description

Enter a smart living room that asks the question: are we in control of these machines or are they in control of us? The filmmakers of The Great Hack (2019 Sundance Film Festival) use mixed reality and surveillance technologies to bring to life the invisible world of data. Audiences will experience how smart devices harvest data from our devices and how this data is then used to control us and persuade us.

Screens at New Frontier at The Ray

— S.F.

Screening Details

  • Section: New Frontier Exhibitions
  • Film Type: VR
  • Country: U.S.A.
  • Run Time: 12 min.
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