This video features in a responsive display in the museum that presents the moments, stories and memes capturing the zeitgeist by going viral on the internet.
Spike Jonze’s Her has nothing on the latest Tiktok trend: NPC livestreaming. Developed by Canadian streamer Fedha Sinon, AKA Pinkydoll, streamers imitate the hyperreal behaviour of a videogame background character. In this video, Pinkydoll performs with a mechanical consistency to her movements and voice as she repeats catchphrases in response to viewer donations. As gifts pour in, she delivers responses in rapid-fire, perfectly imitating the uncanny valley effect of a computer-generated interaction. Most uncanny of all is her ability to maintain the persona for hours at a time, allegedly earning her $2-4000 per livestream.
To learn more, read these articles by the BBC, The Conversation and TechCrunch, which explore the reach and response of the trend across the internet.
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The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Minds → MM-09. Catch of the Day
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Digital sreen recording of @it's_yagirl_lyric Tiktok feed