Continuity examines the paradoxical nature of truth and transparency in our contemporary information landscape. Borrowing its name from the artificial intelligence in William Gibson’s Mona Lisa Overdrive—a system that transcends its original purpose as a data collector and editor to actively intervene in the physical world—this work explores how mechanisms for establishing truth often function in direct opposition to their stated purpose.
From government oversight initiatives to digital platforms promising connection, these structures often serve to obscure rather than illuminate. As our systems for verification grow more sophisticated, they paradoxically become more effective tools for manipulation. Privacy itself has been transformed from a fundamental right into a commodity—marketed as an exclusive service while pushing us out of increasingly surveilled public spaces. Each new layer of transparency creates new shadows where reality can be distorted, and what is presented as access to truth becomes a means of managing what truths are accessible and how they are framed.
Built from 28 loops of field recordings and synthesizers, Continuity reflects the malleability of information through its form. These sonic elements can be reconfigured and reorganized in response to different performance contexts, mirroring how information systems recontextualize data to manipulate perception. Government transparency initiatives become sources for crafting specific narratives, while social media platforms function as sophisticated surveillance systems under the guise of free expression.
The performance suggests that perhaps the greatest deception lies not in obvious falsehoods, but in systems that present themselves as guardians of transparency while simultaneously undermining our ability to grasp reality. Continuity dwells in this space of contradiction, where the pursuit of truth does not just lead to its disappearance, but to its deliberate erasure.