Canceled, 2023

In this interactive website users are given a series of yes or no questions to help dictate, based on society's standard,  if they are canceled and to reflect the reality that has become a cancel culture today. After users finish the questionnaire, and if they are canceled, their photo is placed on a board along with their canceled peers. On this board, they and others can see who is canceled, which makes it possible to see how online actions affect people in real life. 

Cancel Culture impacts a lot of decisions today in the media, including what to watch, who to follow, and what to believe. Today, cancel culture has transformed into a very binary decision– simplifying people as just good or just bad, leading to the categorization of canceled or not canceled.  There is history of cancel culture to learn from,  and the systemic issues that drive it  have led to the formation of cancel culture today. We are not machines that fail when we do something controversial. We are complicated, multifaceted, and messy. Not everything fits neatly into a box of problematic or not problematic– the world is not that simple. There are bigger conversations to be had about the problems behind everything we support, and accountability should be appointed where it is due. Could it be that the education system, internet accessibility, or the justice system are contributing to negative behaviors among people towards others which thus lead to cancel culture? Let's explore the underlying factors in order to better understand the root cause.