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This animated painting is titled “The Battle of Silicon Valley” and it features famous men of Silicon Valley. My work is arguing that these bigwig Silicon Valley guys are actually thieves and militant imperialists. In order to portray this idea, I used the “Battle of Austerlitz” painting by Gerard François and then added their faces on top of them. Also featured in the painting are people who are fighting digital injustices in our current digital environment. Moreover, I wanted to portray weapons not as swords, but as hyperlinks and mouse cursors. This places the viewer into the context of digital warfare and the digital world in general.

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