The project critically explores how pandemics and crisis in general, trigger waves of misinformation, fear, and conspiracy theories amplified by media. These narratives often arise from a human need for control during uncertainty. Based on this, we developed a speculative design project around a fictional hacktivist collective called [ANTI_STREAMING_ARMY],

which discovered the pandemic manipulation. Streaming platforms organized a meticulus plan to make more profit through platforms’ subscribers. The pandemic served as a marketing strategy to make us stay at home watching. The project includes a physical prototype, Decrypta, which is used to decrypt hidden messages inside streaming content.

Exhibited @ Dotdotdot

Service: Visual Identity, Motion Design

Colaborators: Emma D'Ancona, Federico Morsia, Marta Pina, Francesco Pecorari, Francesca Zannoni