The films ventriloquize the machine, tracing the movement of people, things and ideas across precarious value chains as a way of understanding how the world works. Moscow Hotel is Sick of Your Tears observes the migration of the sacred onto platforms — from 9th-century Sabian talismans to TikTok divinatory filters, the sky has yielded to the screen and algorithmic feeds now function as constellations one consults to seek advice, demand... see more