Entering the Machine Zone II (2018)

Katriona Beales

Katriona’s work explores the theory that a major driver for gamblers is not money, but the dissociative, trance like state that continual play generates. She compares this to the state she enters into while endlessly surfing the Internet. Her seductive scrolling feed of vibrant digital images mashes up slot machine motifs with the infinite scroll of social media. But are you watching EMZ II, or is it watching you?