Automated Futures traces 825 miles of fiber optic cable through
the cities and townships of the rust belt. The cable was engineered to
be shortest telecommunication line between Chicago and New York, and is a
key piece of the material infrastructure used for algorithmic
high-frequency trading. Assembled from video and audio recordings
captured while traveling the route of the cable in summer of 2013,
Automated Futures embeds the technology of high finance within its physical context -- the decaying landscape of the midwest's once-thriving industrial economy.
Cinematographer: Brian Echon
