Warscrolling
m22
Description
War has become mundane in algorithmic social media. We can observe it casually while eating a meal or relieving ourselves. The platforms enable forensic investigation: Combatants share DIY weapons, ammunition details and field methods, bringing viewers closer to destruction than ever. Warscrolling is a form of doomscrolling that documents the hyperreality of war. Videos from various international authors are collected through social media algorithms and displayed in a custom app that mimics the short-video scroll interface.
Affiliations
The artwork was produced during the Critical Data course held by Manuela Naveau, Interface Cultures department, Kunstuniversität Linz, Austria.
Credits
All creators of selected videos are credited in the app, in the special section (map).
m22
Vlada Oleinik and Nail Gainulla work together as the m22 artist collective, based in Linz, Austria. Their practice unfolds across hybrid materialities, through postdigital sculpture, alternative photography and moving image. m22 situates its artistic and research inquiries within themes such as the misuse of technology and weapons, ecological shifts and anthropogenic influence on Earth’s species, with a particular focus on birds. Both artists hold a Master’s in Art & Science and are currently Master’s students in the Interface Cultures programme at the University of Art and Design Linz.
The artists’ works have been exhibited at (Mis)understanding Media (St. Petersburg), the film festival 56–126–16 (St. Petersburg), BIPOLARITY (Ekaterinburg), AIFF Dubai (Dubai), Realism of the Unseen (St. Petersburg), Underground Rivers (St. Petersburg), Empathy Machines (St. Petersburg), EKRAN #3 (Vienna), Ars Electronica Festival (Linz), Sankt Interface (Linz), Prinzessin Turm (Puchenau), Rundgang 2026 (Linz) and BREATH 2026 (Gimpo, South Korea).