Playing off the notion of “interactivity”, Utopia poses itself as a video game plugged into the social consciousness of contemporary California. The viewer/player seemingly makes choices from the menu offering utopian or dystopian realities; however, the score is always the same: the winner loses, and vice-versa. Features Rachel Rosenthal as the host of a macabre interactive game that pushes the boundaries of performance and interactive media.
Max Almy crystallizes cultural clichés into biting commentary in tapes employing a narrative format and a strong sense of theater to explore the uneasy relationship between humans and technology. Using sophisticated production techniques, often with an ironic twist, her work questions the values of contemporary society—especially those of speed, efficiency, and consumerism. Almy is the Dean of the School fo Digital Media at Savannah College of Art and Design, GA.