8 the app
iOS app - 2014-2024
Video preview above, the app was removed from circulation on the 10th anniversary of its release. During that time there were over ten thousand downloads all over the world! The app was featured in the Transart Trienniale (Berlin) in 2016 and the Karachi Bienniale in 2017.
Part short film, part game, and part video installation, 8 is an artist-produced iOS app that places you in the middle of an immersive video where physically moving your device reveals events unfolding and repeating around you. Users can navigate through a maze of 24 looping scenes by simply tapping the screen. Navigation symbols can be used to learn patterns of movement through the app but there is no real beginning or end.