"My earliest memories are of garish red and green kitsch Christmas lights, some black faces but more white ones, set against chalk walls and the whiter still sand and unapologetic deep blue of the Indian Ocean, returning relentlessly to it the way we return to each other, in waves. Accompanying this visual is always the sound of Malaika."
Five days, seven characters, a thousand city streets, and one riveting story: "The Gilded" is an experimental piece investigating the potential of the website as a storytelling platform.
"People are constantly bombarded with stimuli and our brains are able to unconsciously sift out the useless stuff (the feel of our shirt against our skin, the conversation happening three tables over) while letting the necessary information spill through." A study in note-taking.
"What will the power of surveillance machines be used for? Will we remember that we are being watched?" An encounter with artist Addie Wagenknecht's exhibit Shellshock.