Moment of Significance: interview with objkt Labs
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In a new interview published by objkt Labs, Alex May discusses the making of Moment of Significance, his use of digital systems, and the role of memory, perception, and technological change across his practice.
objkt Labs has published a new interview with Alex May to accompany the release of Moment of Significance, a series of 30 video works created during the second objkt Labs Residency. The conversation follows the project from an encounter with weathered playground sculptures in Urgench, Uzbekistan, through photogrammetry and 3D rendering to its presentation on objkt.
May also discusses how programming became part of his art practice, why he returned to blockchain-based work, and how the residency helped him identify the connections between projects made across video, software, photography, installation, and robotics. He describes technology as a working material for examining how experience is recorded, transformed, and remembered, rather than as a subject or spectacle in itself.
The interview provides further context for Moment of Significance and its relationship to May’s wider interest in how technological systems shape what is preserved, altered, or lost. The collection was released through the objkt labs Gallery on 9 July 2026 as part of the group exhibition You Got Here Just In Time.