Social Sacrifice

Social Sacrifice is a performative art installation and algorithmic body of work exploring the schooling dynamics exhibited by a school of A.I. fish encountering a group of predator fish. The work highlights the tensions that emerge between collective action and individual freedom, as well as how these change in the presence of external threats. The work represents all 100 A.I. fish swimming in sequence, their movements accentuated through light and colour. DRIFT staged a performance of Social Sacrifice, their first-ever indoor aerial drone installation in Venice alongside the 2022 Venice Art Biennale. The captivating audio design within the performance and digital works is created by artist and musician Don Diablo.