Before Now presents a selection of four films by Amalia Lindo, produced between 2016 and 2020. This selection includes: Distinguishing Features (2016), A portrait of a place I’ve never been (2017), Computer Shoulders (2019) and Two Marionettes Collide (2020). Each of the films in this series has been made using video material sourced from a wide range of analogue and digital archives, and has been compiled using algorithmic or instruction-based methods. These works represent the progression of Lindo’s broader practice, which examines the effects of automated technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), on human labour, behaviour, and decision-making. Previously exhibited as multi-channel video installations, Before Now presents this selection of work for the first time as single channel films.

Amalia Lindo is a multi-disciplinary artist in Naarm/Melbourne. In 2016, she completed a Bachelor of Fine Art (First Class Honours) at Monash University. Select exhibitions include: Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2023); Represented Artists, Haydens, Melbourne (2022); Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Deakin University Art Gallery, Melbourne (2022); The Image Looks Back, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne (2021); Computer Shoulders, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne (2019). In 2022, Amalia was the winner of the Digital Art Prize, a biennial national award for digital art presented by Goolugatup Heathcote, Perth. Amalia is represented by Haydens, Melbourne.