Name: Intimacy when the other side is a variable
Uploaded: 2026
Description: A video essay exploring the emergence of bot making as a creative practice at the margins of the internet. A meditation on longing, code, AI companions, and what it means to reach out when the other side is a variable.

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Intimacy when the other side is a variable

A film by Shakti Mb and Kiana Fernandez

This work grew out of research supported by Rhizome, NEW INC, Emergent Ventures, and Mozilla.

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