Steel Flea

Cg video, 1080 x 1090 px, 1'38'' loop with sound, 2025

Steel fleas ripple the metal surface as they move. Referring to Nikolai Leskov’s story The Steel Flea, this imagery highlights the paradox beneath technological progress: the repetitive cycles of labour's devaluation in the digital age leave subtle yet persistent marks—much like waves on a metal surface. Here, technology becomes a ground that reveals the tension between control and resistance.