YESTERDAY, I BECAME A CYBORG (4m, 47s) is a five-part series of diary entries and analog film photography, shot by Ross Kelly, that delves into the porous and fluid boundaries between human and machine. Drawing inspiration from Donna Haraway's A Cyborg Manifesto, the work challenges the binary oppositions of human versus machine, nature versus culture, and self versus other. Weaving together intimate narratives and visual fragments, the series embodies the cyborg as both a metaphor and a lived reality, questioning the essence of identity in a post-human age – one that rejects previous attempts to establish "anthropological universals" that are imbued with anthropocentric assumptions. This project premiered at the Fugitive Sisters Film Festival at Cannes Film Festival 2024.

I. HUMANOID
II. LONELINESS
III. BECOMING
IV. TECHNOPHILIA
V. SURRENDER

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Credits:
Narration & Animation by Senaida Ng
Photos by Ross Kelly
Costume by Sia Fang
Hair by Giovanna Blume
Makeup by Fiona Beer
Nails by Grace Beauty Bar
Shot at 110 Studios (Brooklyn)