gandala is currently based in Arizona researching the anthropologies of the TSMC chip manufacturing and Taiwanese dynamics for film projects, which have been the inspirations for some of her projects during the creative code intensive. She previously ran a technology company to upskill factory workers, and it was based on research around industrial automation and labor dynamics in the Indiana manufacturing ecosystem. She is interested in industrial infrastructure, aesthetics, and geopolitics as it relates to humanity’s chase for superintelligence.