An artistic exploration of the long, entwined histories of misinformation and vaccine hesitancy, and the contemporary implications to each due to American public health policy, neoliberal economic incentives, and the digital media landscape. Created for UC Santa Cruz Creative Technologies CT 100 Digital Platforms: Observations and Practices course, Project 1: “A Sea of Data,” with Prof. Claudio Bueno (Spring Quarter 2025). Media Sampled (in order of first appearance):
Willam S. Burroughs on SNL, 2019 by @Alex_Cutter Cut-Ups William S. Burroughs, 2011, by @QUEDEAR William Burroughs, The Word Is an Organism, 2016, by @Kunstradio Disinformation Abounds in the Wellness Community. How One Anti-Vax Influencer Broke Free, 2022, by @PBSNewsHour Could You Patent the Sun?, 2013, by @GLBLCTZN The Vaccine for Fake News, 2021, @cambridgeuniversity Kurt Andersen: A 7 Min History of American Fake News (Telling the Truth Journalism Symposium), 2017, by @NYSWritersInstitute Researching the Spread of Fake News and Its Impact, 2018, @CBCTheNational WORD IS VIRUS – WILLIAM S BURROUGHS and GUS VAN SANT, 2014, by @cakeworm1200 Is Language a Virus?, 2011, by @ArtistictheotherAI Laurie Anderson – Language Is a Virus (Official Music Video), 2024, by @nonesuchrecords
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