Our lives have become increasingly hybridized between physical and digital spaces: between coffee shops and chatrooms, conference rooms and Zoom calls, human minds and automated machines. This series reveals the push and pull between the physical “IRL” and digital “url”.

Eight artists—Neïl Beloufa, Jacky Connolly, Julien Creuzet, Sara Cwynar, Ho Tzu Nyen, Xin Liu, Rachel Rossin, and Jacolby Satterwhite—grapple with the questions, problems, and possibilities this new reality offers. Each one draws on their unique tools, techniques, histories, and perspectives to create work that reflects on our contemporary condition. Captured across more than 30 short documentary films, these artists push the boundaries of artificial intelligence and augmented reality; navigate modes of representation online and off; and explore new forms of identity in our rapidly changing world. Premiering on TikTok, this new series is presented by CHANEL Culture Fund and produced by Art21.

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