You Have Seen This Before examines how editorial bias, state censorship, and opaque recommender systems decide which lives become visible and which disappear from
view, gradually wearing down collective empathy. Drawing on Hannah Arendt’s notion of the “banality of evil,” I question how news algorithms assemble image
streams and how this affects our capacity to care.

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How can one remain connected, relevant, or contemporary when the very resources we consume images, news, technologies, and rhythms of attention are designed to detach us from what truly concerns us?

The struggle to stay present unfolds within an economy that constantly disperses our focus, transforming relevance itself into something that must be fought for.

This project reflects on how the effort to stay connected and present can dissolve into an experience of entropy.

You have seen this before becomes a personal practice of writing, collecting, painting, moving, and shouting holding attention against skewed feeds, constant news noise, and routines that train us to look away.