In Search of Lost Scroll
A new interactive work of digital performance art for your browser.
Winner: Best Experimental Work, Melbourne Fringe 2022
Shortlisted: International New Media Writing Prize 2023
"Multidisciplinary artist Vidya Rajan has done it again…there are surprises at every turn. A comment on the privatisation of contemporary digital spaces – particularly as nostalgia for the “old” internet is pitted against the futurity the “new” internet promises… both a pisstake at Big Data and a lament for a more innocent time." ★★★★★ – The Age
"Blends speculative fiction, comedy, machine-learning and performance art to create something as weird and wonderful as the place in which it exists … when we pour so much ourselves into social media platforms, what happens when those spaces are run not for people but profit? ... the timing couldn’t be better” – The Saturday Paper
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In Search of Lost Scroll was available on demand from 17 - 23 October 2022 through Melbourne Fringe, and for a return season between 1 Jan - 30 March 2023.
Most elements of the work are now offline/inactive so while it won’t make complete sense, you can still chat with the bot trained on my twitter archive; access the “final space” here, or watch a play-through of the work on request.
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written, performed & directed by Vidya Rajan
webpage design by Scott Limbrick
sound design by Xanthea O’Connor’
creative coding by Patrick Rehill & Vidya Rajan
consultation by James Collopy
