Lisa DiLillo's video and photographic work focuses on the peculiar interactions that take place between human constructs and other life forms. In her video piece This Call May be Monitored, a segment of a larger body of work entitled Encounters, a group of pigeons gather around a lost cell phone in an urban park. As they randomly peck at the keys, they inadvertently dial a corporation that employs a voice recognition system. This results in a series of misinterpretations and technological cul-de-sacs. The fleeting sense of triumph over a technology meant to convenience the corporation over the individual quickly dissipates as the viewer recognizes that the corporation itself is not affected by this encounter whatsoever.

Lisa DiLillo’s work has been featured in the Den Haag Film and Video Festival, The Netherlands; the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Spain; the National Gallery of Canada; and White Box Gallery, NY among others. She has received support from the Jerome Foundation and the Experimental Television Center.