Tim Maughan

Above a council estate tower block in London a network of surveillance drones monitor the residents below. Through the eyes of the drones two teenagers are kept apart, each held by police order within the digital confines of their own tower. In this near future city drones form agents of state surveillance but also become co-opted as the aerial vehicles through which two teens fall in love.

Set in the near future, 'the Intersection' journeys from a violent present to a cooperative future. Telling stories of active hope from those who have fought to reimagine extractive technology, to serve community, support nature, and value planetary relationships. It is commissioned by Eshanthi Ranasinghe, Julia Solano and Nicole Allred, Exploration & Future Sensing, Omidyar Network, and is conceived and produced by Superflux 2021.

A group of young factory workers are drifting through Detroit in a driverless taxi. They are part of an underground community that adorn themselves in digital camouflage to enact their escapist fantasies in the hidden spaces of the city.