Social Software collaborates with others to create software art and art that explores the role of software in culture. We create visual art, installations, performances, videos, text, publications, and open-source software.

We’re interested in people and the ways that technology brings us together and pushes us apart. How do the systems and rules we live within affect our relationships and communities?

As our lives become increasingly automated, we use the word “software” to think about the rules and systems shaping us. While these systems feel opaque, software has an inherent malleability that can be revealed when we misuse, subvert, reject, or reimagine the tools around us. We believe software is culture, software is art, and software is social.

Current focus areas for our collaborations include accessible technology, open source communities, AI, data, and generative systems.

LINKS
UCLA Design Media Arts


UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture


UCLA Arts Software Studio

COLOPHON
Design and build by Carlos Sanchez. Website set in Arial. Led by Lauren Lee and Casey Reas.



LINKS
UCLA Design Media Arts


UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture



COLOPHON
Design and build by Carlos Sanchez. Website set in Arial. Led by Lauren Lee McCarthy and Casey Reas.



SOCIAL SOFTWARE

SOCIAL SOFTWARE

SOCIAL SOFTWARE

SOCIAL SOFTWARE

SOCIAL SOFTWARE