Alexandra Crouwers (NL, 1974) is a visual artist and artistic researcher operating at the intersection of ecological collapse, digital mediation and speculative fiction.
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In 2019, I joined Giphy to create .gif animations that can be used on various social media platforms. I used my uploads – modified elements from my previous works – for a series of ultrashort animations. One of my first ‘stickers’, a rainbow colourcycling unicorn, gained over 31 million views in under a year. By mid-2020, my contributions had reached 195 million views.
I deactivated my account in protest against Meta’s takeover but reinstated it in 2024 after the platform’s ownership changed. As of March 2025, my total view count stands at over 343 million.
Peer-reviewed multimedia publication in the Research Catalogue database for VIS, Journal for Artistic Research issue #6, themed ‘Contagion’, edited by Anna Lindal. ‘The Plot, The Compositor, and Mourning/Mistakes’ was awarded second place for the SAR Prize for Excellent Exposition 2021. The exposition takes the visitor through the first years of my PhD trajectory.
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