ABOUT THE WORK
Material: Watercolour and collage on paper
In November the telecommunications service operated by Optus, a unit of Singtel, a multinational corporation, failed putting millions of Australians... Read More
In November the telecommunications service operated by Optus, a unit of Singtel, a multinational corporation, failed putting millions of Australians offline for a day. "Optus outage" was the no. 1 search term in Australia in 2023 on Google. People were unable to call an ambulance, buy goods, surf the internet, and make telephone calls while the network was rebooted following the glitch. I wanted to show how the most powerful organisations have outsized impacts on communities when they fail to invest enough money in human capital.