Attention is a scarce currency in the digital world. We know it is valuable—but are we truly in control of where it is spent? This installation materializes attention as a printed receipt, exposing how platforms capture, quantify, and monetize our focus. As personal moments become transactional data, viewers are invited to confront the uneasy trade-offs between agency, distraction, and profit. What do we pay attention to? And at what cost?

Attention Receipts / Anup Sathya, Ken Nakagaki - Photo: Anup Sathya
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