Slop Machine

Video sculpture enclosed in bio-degradable plastic

July 2025

Slop Machine is a speculative personal device from a not-so-distant future that plays back the anxieties I try to scroll past. Wrapped in a hand-sewn bioplastic, the sculpture is intentionally delicate and may decompose during the exhibition, mirroring the worn, fragile state I reach after too much screen time.

The device loops short animations, pop-up notifications, and bits of AI-generated “content slop,” echoing the nonstop stream of digital noise that shapes my day. Many of my fears surface through this constant interaction: uncertainty about the future, fear as a daughter of immigrants, being watched, job insecurity, financial stress, and the sense of being trapped in an online world that feels hard to trust.

Slop Machine imagines a future device that is intimate, impermanent, and amplified, asking what it means to live so closely with our tech.

This piece was created as a part of Club Rambutan’s cohort 4 residency. Read my full interview for issue 4 here. For more info on how I made this piece, check out my blog post!