Amid the ongoing constellation of crises impacting contemporary life around the globe, institutional and governmental responses can feel frustratingly inadequate. Petra Szilagyi creates artworks that respond with reflection and absurdity — like Bless Your Hard Drive, a prayer room for a benevolent future for the internet currently on view in Like Magic. Join Szilagyi and post-humanist thinker Dr. Bayo Akomolafe for an experimental conversation about possible alternative responses to the crises that shape our lives today.

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Installation view of Petra Szilagyi, Bless Your Hard Drive, 2021–2023. Mixed media. As installed in Like Magic at MASS MoCA. Photo: Kaelan Burkett. Courtesy of the artist. Made with MASS MoCA.