: Butler treats the simulated environment of Los Santos—a parody of Los Angeles—as a legitimate site for documentary photography, highlighting that the "vista has to be full of things we are not even looking at" to feel real.
In this work, Butler uses "in-game photography" within the video game Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V) to document the lives of homeless non-player characters (NPCs) in the fictional city of Los Santos. Project Overview and Intent
: By photographing poverty and social marginalization within a high-budget commercial game, Butler challenges the game's neoliberal framework and "monetary logic".
: The installation often includes a machine learning algorithm that analyzes the images in real-time to generate descriptive captions, critiquing how we understand digital representations. Key Themes
Butler's project is a modern digital homage to George Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London . Rather than following the game's intended violent or criminal narratives, Butler spent months treating the simulation as a physical reality, exploring the "ambient reality" that often goes unnoticed by players.
: Butler treats the simulated environment of Los Santos—a parody of Los Angeles—as a legitimate site for documentary photography, highlighting that the "vista has to be full of things we are not even looking at" to feel real.
In this work, Butler uses "in-game photography" within the video game Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V) to document the lives of homeless non-player characters (NPCs) in the fictional city of Los Santos. Project Overview and Intent Butler Down And Out
: By photographing poverty and social marginalization within a high-budget commercial game, Butler challenges the game's neoliberal framework and "monetary logic". : Butler treats the simulated environment of Los
: The installation often includes a machine learning algorithm that analyzes the images in real-time to generate descriptive captions, critiquing how we understand digital representations. Key Themes : The installation often includes a machine learning
Butler's project is a modern digital homage to George Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London . Rather than following the game's intended violent or criminal narratives, Butler spent months treating the simulation as a physical reality, exploring the "ambient reality" that often goes unnoticed by players.
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