ENVOY

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Envoy is a fantasy service that uses Facebook histories to reanimate the deceased. It was developed as a thesis project at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Although satyrical, Envoy was released under the auspices of a real service. It confounded the blogosphere as plausibly legitimate, prompting intrigue and debate that continue to this day.

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In recent years, the Facebook profiles of deceased users have begun to interact with social algorithms intended for the living, and hinted at the possibility of new forms of life after death.
By creating, and publishing, a fictional service called Envoy that pushes these notions to the extreme, I have challenged the public to accept this as current reality−thereby forcing them to consider these contemporary issues in serious ways.
Envoy focuses on the specific issues of death and digital legacy, but it is also a parable on the creeping presence of technology into every last chamber of the human experience.

Development &
Mentorship

Dennis Crowe
Karen Fiss
Jim Kenney
Jon Meyer
Lydia Ortiz
Michael Vanderbyle

Actors

Brett Berning
Kenya Ibarra
Triston Insley-Younkin
Sanaee Iyama
Ayako Iyama
Shanna St. John
Noah Wood

Special
Thanks

CCA Thesis Committee
Daniel Davis
Kerry Gould
Jade Jariya
Matt Luenig
Cinthia Wen