Gold Loop Bot

I helped artist  Jen Liu with the development of Gold Loop Bot, a net artwork that was exhibited in  Open Secret, a virtual exhibition by KW Institute of Contemporary Art.

Visitors to the page are met by Au-Li, a chatbot that embodies lithiated gold microparticles, and ready to answer all of their questions regarding the lithium mining industry, its exploitation of bodies and the environment, and its vital connections to both our digitally immersed present and our greenwashed-capitalist futures. Au-Li isn't much like chatbots you'll find elsewhere on the internet: for one, she's not powered by any sort of ML model, and she likes to speak through multiple media. The 'conversations' you'll have with Au-Li can be intense, cryptic or disorienting at times, but it's not easy to chat when you're suffering from lithium poisoning.