Artist interview with Ali Akbar Mehta (purgatory EDIT), transmediale 2025
by ARTS ACTS DAYS (AAD)
“Violence is not forgotten. But how will we remember it?”
We encounter various forms of violence every day through news, documentaries, movies, online content, etc.
Ali Akbar Mehta explores our sensory responses to the violent images we are constantly exposed to through purgatory Edit’s archive composed of 40,000 video clips.
An interview with artist Ali Akbar Mehta provides a deeper understanding of purgatory Edit, a project composed of somewhat unfamiliar technology and vast data, and completed through interaction and participation with the audience.