Hi! I'm Anastasia Naumenko, an artist and programmer based on the internet. Through my work I try to build intimacy with the digital tools I use on a daily basis. The biggest part of my activity focuses on languages and how they influence social (real and virtual) structures. I use generators and algorithms as an integral part of the creative process.I made a short documentary a few years ago, an animation about immigrants' identity, generated digital landscapes and put some thoughts about modern users in form of interactive pieces(1) (2). My friend and I have built the first AI political party ,which is now manifesting itself on social media platforms. Currently im working on web series about computer and futures. Feel free to send me a message at: hello@anastasia-naumenko.com

During the quarantine I made cyanotype prints of everyday objects from my flat and then transformed them into sea-views using pixel-managing algorithms.

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The animation is now on it's festival tour. It was originally pitched at the Krakow Film Festival before being selected by Animator in Poznan and REX in Stockholm. It’s listed as one of the best polish animations by the Warsaw Film Festival and will have its european premiere at Interfilm, Berlin. You can watch a trailer or request a screening link. :)

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This is an ongoing project, in which I'm exploring the term naive user and the behaviours we recognize as default while interacting with various devices. The interfaces and patterns we use on a daily basis are determined by a very exclusive group of developers and based on specific ideologies. This series is an attempt to deconstruct these mechanisms in the form of visual narration. Melanie Hoff’s “Digital Love Languages” course inspired further thoughts on this topic.

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Big Waves in Unity is the first political entity generated based on the regulations of the most popular social media platforms and transcripts of interviews with their CEO’s. The starting point was the idea that Facebook, Instagram and TikTok are new political (quasi-countries?) formations, with their own boundaries, systems of identification and methods of punishment. Many users don’t recognize them as such, while limiting their functioning on the internet to activity in highly-controlled ecosystems. Using the metaphor of politicians and elections we are participating in unconsciously, we implemented a markov chain algorithm and fed it with official documentation of these social networks. BWIU regulary publishes its statements on Twitter and Instagram. You can learn more about the context of the project by listening to the podcast (russian) or visiting the online exhibition website.

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My friends and I began developing this idea during a Visegrad workshop at the FilmFest Dresden. I’m working on a script for the first episode.

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