See a Dog, Hear a Dog (2016) dir. Jesse Mc Lean

Taking its title from a sound design maxim and using it as a conceit to grasp the desire for connection, this video probes the limits and possibilities of communication. Can we ever truly communicate with a machine, with a nonhuman animal, with each other Our anthropomorphic tendencies, our fear of replacement by nonhuman forms, even our interpersonal limitations, cant foreclose the possibility of connection and understanding, a great unknown sometimes called trust. (JM) With YouTube dog videos, chatbot dialogue windows, and iTunes visualizer among other sources, See a Dog, Hear a DogMcLeans latest analytic tragicomedy of infinite human desire and finite technological capacityconsiders the deficits and surpluses produced by attempts at communication among humans, animals, and machines; both directly and as mediated by one another. (Colin Beckett)