NEXT LA: Water Inc.

Envisioned by a custom Stable Diffusion model trained on images of Big Tech campuses, water purification plants, and solarpunk aesthetics, Water Inc. is a visual pregame for Aquarius, a fictional water desalination plant and the antagonist corporation of Bucknell’s project The Alluvials. Gently morphing between candy-colored renderings of a seasted to a soothing neural lattice that ensnares the concrete towers of the Hoover Dam, Water Inc. embodies the historical and future speculations of west coast water capitalism.

Alice Bucknell, Water Inc., 0:35 runtime, single-channel full-HD video file, 2023.