Logo for 'Eliza and the Ghost in Every Machine,' featuring a cartoon ghost with a finger to its lips, surrounded by yellow, pink, and black text.

Eliza turns 4!

13 March 2025

Eliza’s narrative and visual format is deliberately experimental, and with Instruction Manuals for
Human-Machine Harmony, I made an artefact that may belong in a world where humans and machines might need directions for co-existence.

It is an excerpt from a longer piece of work that will be published in print later this year.

It’s been 4 years since the first Eliza Cartoon➚, and it has produced many conversations➚ about critiquing our technological status quo; and ultimately building better futures.

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A colorful comic-style illustration with six panels featuring characters and symbols. The top left panel shows a character with arms and legs outstretched, labeled 'Flesh and Blood.' The top middle panel depicts a character eating a burger and drinking soda, titled 'Bodily Needs #1.' The top right panel shows a character standing among icons, with abstract symbols above. The bottom left panel illustrates Earth with a temperature reading of +3°C, labeled 'Accessing Earth.' The bottom middle panel features a character with speech bubbles and icons representing communication tools, titled 'Earth.' The bottom right panel shows a character with a hat holding a flower, with abstract symbols and labels around.
A cartoon character with a white head and red eyes floating in space near Earth, surrounded by pinkish, glowing debris in a cosmic background.
A cartoon character with a gray head, black arms, and a yellow shirt, raising both arms, surrounded by social media icons and notifications, with a colorful background.
A person sitting in front of a computer with a dark background, a cartoon ghostly character, the word 'DIME' in large red letters at the top, and the words 'AI' at the bottom.

100: Preparing for a Gen-AI Coup (As shown in Milan Design Week 2023)

A skeleton taking a selfie with a smartphone while holding a yellow hairdryer, aiming it at a birthday cake with a pink number 2 candle, strawberries, and blueberries, surrounded by colorful confetti.
A woman artist sitting on a high stool in front of an easel with a painting of a pumpkin. She wears a blue apron, white t-shirt, yellow socks, and has brown curly hair. Beside her stands a robot character with a red outline, wearing a red sweater, explaining about generating images. In the background, there are pictures of various pumpkins and a potted plant.
A robot wearing a party hat at a birthday celebration with balloons and a chocolate cake topped with cherries and a number one candle.

Anniversary 2022: Featuring guest contributors!

Colorful illustration of a busy street scene with various people and storefronts, advertising niche memes, dark web alleys, fashion stores for vapes, and a walk-in dog grooming salon, with speech bubbles and signs.
A robot with a glowing yellow outline and a virtual reality headset is speaking to a boy sitting at a desk, who has a surprised expression and a speech bubble with an exclamation mark. In the background, there is a computer screen showing three children smiling.