Asking Siri

Screen shot from video “Hey Siri, I’m Alone,’’ by Avery Forbes, at the Hampden Gallery of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst; the gallery remains closed for in-person viewing because of the pandemic.

In this short video, Ms. Forbes calls on Siri to talk about loneliness and related questions in a series of conversations. More and more screens appear as the conversations multiply, until connectivity problems close down Siri and the artist and the viewers are left without closure.