Racecraft as Technology: the complicated relationship between social constructs and the screen

This video explores the confluences between two social constructs or creations: race and technology. Both race and technology are created by the world and, simultaneously, create the world, altering the way we see reality. They speak to the way that history and society are woven through stories, hinting at the dual power of digital storytelling: to do and undo.

We were inspired by Audre Lorde’s essay “Eating The Other,” and wanted to explore the ways in which technology transforms whole people and places into byte-sized headlines, movies, gifs, and memes: stories that we can eat.