Data Data Data
The exhibition Data Data Data explored how we can create awareness of data use and its consequences. Data Data Data was developed with the Technical Museum of Denmark and shown at Catch – Center for Art and Technology in 2020.
Today, many people struggle with the task of exerting control over the utilization of their personal data. Data trading has become one of the largest business areas in the world today. We get free access to new apps in return for providing data about ourselves, which is often resold in a global marketplace. In the exhibition we showed examples of how storage, processing and understanding of data has evolved over time. Examples of analogue storage of data in various materials from the late 1700s and 1800s to several of the technological breakthroughs happening in the 20th century, including magnetic and optical data storage
Furthermore, the installation The Data Garden created by the art collective Grow Your Own Cloud was shown. The installation explores and challenges the enormous data systems that invisibly dominate and infiltrate our world. By working with living material such as plants, Grow Your Own Cloud aims to affect how we understand and relate to data. The project stems from a critical standpoint towards the current, monopolistic data landscapes and wants to spark a discussion about potential computational futures. The Data Garden was developed in collaboration with Roskilde Festival, Unlisted Projects (US), SXSW (US). The project was supported by the Danish Ministry of Culture.