dossier ia#73545

Two characters meet at a crossroads in time and space — an intergalactic anthropologist (Janai) on an officially sanctioned research mission to Earth, and the head of an activist-turned-terrorist group (Auden), who has been hiding out on Earth since the collapse of his planet. Unaware of Auden's true identity, Janai makes him the focus of her research, documenting conversations, movements and his thought process. Unbeknownst to her, the surveillance of her mission becomes part of a broader intergalactic intelligence file which begins to take on a life of its own.

Taking the form of an intelligence dossier, the interactive audio tells the official story of how the Earth Mission of an intergalactic anthropologist was revealed to be a ruse. Forming a layered metaphor, the story explores ways of being/feeling alien, mirroring systemic oppressions of our current geopolitical zeitgeist, through auto-ethnographic field notes, audio surveillance, intelligence memos, media reports, digital poetry and psychiatric assessments. Using audio as a dominant thread, the narrative becomes a meditation on being voiceless in our media saturated society.