there are no girls on the internet, 2020

4 channel Video, Commissioned by The Museum of Moving Image, New York, NY

This series of video works investigates the meme holding that the internet is strictly a man’s world.

Wagenknecht recorded her search through hundreds of video chats looking for another woman, moving on as soon as her next potential conversation partner was revealed as anyone but. Within a few seconds, each of the works reinforces the disturbing gender imbalance and fundamental weirdness of the online experience, as the artist is served up a steady stream of dudes lying in bed, dudes wearing only a towel, serving active military duty—and nothing else except the occasional empty room. — Tim Schneider for artnet