ARTIST:
IHAR GONCHARUK
(BARANOVICHI, MINSK)
"FUN" OF WAR, VIDEO
2020
Thanks to new technologies, images of military actions can reach users' smartphones without censorship or editing. Captured in meticulous detail, not by outside observers or reporters, but by participants in the events themselves, war has become even closer on the screens of personal devices and, thanks to the internet, accessible around the clock.
Videos from conflict zones are turning into shows that are beginning to integrate into the logic of commercial production. Monetizing such content is prohibited by the rules of video platforms, yet the creators’ desire to increase views leads to videos becoming more expensive and cinematic.
The automatic subtitle generation in popular video platforms is based on speech recognition technology using machine learning algorithms. Sounds of warfare are recognized by the machine solely as "music" or "applause."