Sundance 2021: VR, interactive works fit the COVID moment
The plump, mustachioed and vest-wearing Frank Bourassa looks genial enough, especially when he materializes as a tiny cartoon figure in your living room. He’s here, in augmented reality, to talk to us about money, seeking to raise questions about our own fiduciary responsibility — or lack thereof. But should we trust someone who claims he’s the “world’s greatest counterfeiter”? Add in the fact that he’s a cartoon, and maybe we should be on our guard — or at least pay closer attention. When it comes to examinations of the psychology of money there’s a human tendency to tun...