How Not to Be Seen: A Fucking Didactic Educational .MOV File (2013) is a satirical yet critical video that examines the politics of visibility in the digital age. Structured like a "how-to" instructional video, it offers absurd lessons on disappearing in a world dominated by surveillance and algorithmic governance. Through glitch-like effects, Steyerl critiques how computational vision determines what is seen and unseen, often erasing those without power or economic value. While somewhat playful in tone, the work delivers a serious message: today’s digital networks exploit the masses for control, profit, and self-disciplining surveillance.
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“Hegemony is increasingly internalized, along with the pressure to conform and perform, as is the pressure to represent and be represented.” - Steyerl
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