Slava Balasanov is an artist living and working in New York. Slava makes work concerning the developing technologies and their impact on the everyday. Most recent works have involved using downloadable iPhone apps.

The Digit is a giant double ended finger that looms over unsuspecting crowds in Union Square. Much like the glasses worn in John Carpenter’s ‘They Live’, seeing this ominous finger hovering over students, tourists, and street performers reminds the viewer how thin of a line there often is between reality and the virtual.