SIGNS OF THE TIMES, 2024

A ‘sensitive content’ warning logo appears at the center of SIGNS OF THE TIMES. In digital and virtual environments, it’s a pause, a protective buffer before the viewer is exposed to material that AI's algorithm deems explicit, harmful, or emotionally triggering.  It raises questions about who defines harm, how context is flattened by automation, what it means to be shielded from imagery and information that might, in other contexts, be essential, and lengths people go to to avoid having their words suppressed by the platforms they use to broadcast ideas.