This week’s Palm* feature by @orejarena_stein_studio ✨ ‘American Glitch’ is a look at the slip between fact and fiction and how this manifests in the U.S. landscape. In an era defined by screens, conspiracy theories, and the advent of the Metaverse, the notion that we are existing within a simulation has become increasingly popular. In the midst of the pandemic, the CIA released a report that acknowledged that they have been looking into this possibility for some time. This notion that we are living in a simulation appears online where images are posted as personal evidence of spotting a ‘glitch in real life’. The artist duo Orejarena & Stein spent over a year researching locations throughout the U.S. that fit into the framework of a glitch. They travelled the U.S.'s highways and byways on Google Earth, confirming these locations' existence. They are viewing the internet as a mirror to our collective subconscious and taking the pulse of parafiction and its relationship to the U.S. This work will be presented alongside the following sentences: “One of these images has been manipulated. The artists will not say which one." Orejarena & Stein are from Colombia and the U.K. respectively, however they have lived in the U.S. for large portions of their lives and they're interested in using the concept of a “glitch” in American society to explore the mythologies they both used to assimilate to their adopted home. #palmstudios #palmpublishing #andreaorejarena #calebstein #palmfeatures