Nick Briz  

Rates for the Job, Sam Meech, 2016. Order form and performative contractual exchange action 

Rates for the Job

Sam Meech

Mini Rugs and their Friends

Mini Rugs and their Friends

Riitta Oittinen

multicoloured cartoon collage with 3D rendered large golden hand

Unauthorised Copy

Antonio Roberts

Your fingerprints on the artworks are the artwork itself

Paolo Cirio

Transmission series

Transmission One and Transmission Two

Dan Hett

Five 3D printed pale yellow shell-like objects

Lifestreams

Proboscis

Photo of The Prediction Machine - awooden-style arcade-like machine with large dial and screen

The Prediction Machine

Rachel Jacobs

image of screen and aerials in gallery

Open Space Observatory

Kei Kreutler and Libre Space Foundation

The Clandestine Purse, Natasha Caruana, 2008

The Clandestine Purse

Natasha Caruana

Gallery install photo of display on walls with US postbox style object

Frackbox

Citizen Sense

Canal Observatory

AusBlau

2020

Copy That? Surplus Data in an Age of Repetitive Duplication at The Open Data Institute, curated by Hannah Redler-Hawes, Julie Freeman and Anna Scott.
Curators statement
Data Anthropologies: Natasha Caruana Love is an Act

17 July – 16 December 2015

Data Anthropologies: Natasha Caruana Love is an Act at The Open Data Institute, curated by Hannah Redler-Hawes.
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Data Anthropologies: Thomson & Craighead

25 March – 20 June 2015

Data Anthropologies: Thomson & Craighead at The Open Data Institute, curated by Hannah Redler-Hawes.
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Data as Culture 2012

July 2012 – March 2013

Data as Culture 2012 at The Open Data Institute, curated by Julie Freeman and Sophie McDonald.
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Data as Culture 2014

March 2014 – February 2015

Data as Culture 2014 at The Open Data Institute, curated by Shiri Shalmy.
Curators statement
Datos como cultura text

April 2015

Exhibition at the Overseas Development Initiative's Cartegena Data Festival in Columbia, curated by Julie Freeman.
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text logo for Hybrid Landscapes

April 2017 – November 2019

Hybrid Landscapes at Digital Catapult, curated by Hannah Redler-Hawes.
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layered compliation of sun and iris

From 6 May 2022

One Hundred Thousand Suns by Rohini Devasher at the Open Data Institute.
About the exhibition
Screen capture from We Need Us animation, stacked orange rectangles

June 2014 – present day

We Need Us, commissioned by the ODI and The Space.
Producers statement
The word 'Begin' in grey on a gray background part of Everest Pipkin's Shell Song

Nov 2020 – 2021

Rules of Engagement
Curators statement
red and white image of front of catalogue

June 2017 – October 2017

The New Observatory at FACT, curated by Hannah Redler-Hawes and Sam Skinner.
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From 22 November 2023

The Wizard of AI by Alan Warburton, commissioned by ODI for ODI Summit 2023.
About the work
Data as Culture - Thinking Out Loud

July 2016 – March 2017

Thinking Out Loud at The Open Data Institute, curated by Alex McLean and Hannah Redler-Hawes.
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From 20 May 2022

WaterWays: an invitation to reimagine the ecology of the Regent’s Canal by Royal College of Art CCA at the Open Data Institute.
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lmao poster

23 Jan 2018 – 2019

LMAO at The Open Data Institute, curated by Julie Freeman and Hannah Redler-Hawes.
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Six Years of Mondays, Thomson & Craighead, 2014

Six Years of Mondays

Thomson & Craighead

Illluminated acrylic sculpture of a red-lit person holding a book

The Reader

Stanza

person in white wearing a sci-fi helmet with lots of protrusions

Quasar-2A

Field

Gallery photo of someone in a VR helmet viewing artwork

Substance – A whole history of hollows and reliefs

Phil Coy

Punchcard Economy, Sam Meech, 2013. ODI: 3.5 x 0.5m knitted banner, FutureEverything: 5 x 3m knitted banner & knitting machines

Punchcard Economy

Sam Meech

multicoloured cartoon collage with 3D rendered large golden hand

Unauthorised Copy

Antonio Roberts

Listening to Shetland Wool, Felicity Ford, 2013. Interactive online aporee sound map

Sonic Pattern and the Textility of Code

Felicity Ford

Image of computer generated object in natural woodland

Shifting

Katriona Beales

image of black and white animation on a screen of women and a wire fence

There Are Worlds Out There They Never Told You About

Jackie Karuti

Forkbomb, Alex McLean, 2001. Perl script computer code with paper output

Forkbomb

Alex McLean

collage of 50 thousand mostly brown book spines revealing a face

Elastic System

Richard Wright

photo of sensor hanging in a darl room with two screens

Measure for Measure for Measure

David Gauthier

Metrography, Benedikt Groß & Bertrand Clerc, 2012. Print on aluminium

Metrography

Benedikt Groß and Bertrand Clerc

Three Hundred and Sixty Seconds, Dan Hett, 2016. Algorithmically generated live coding production stills (from an ongoing series)

Three Hundred and Sixty Seconds

Dan Hett

image of a screen with four chairs each with a ventriloquists half-masks hanging above each

Recruitment Goes Wrong

Thomson & Craighead

shadow of the sun on observation notepaper

One Hundred Thousand Suns

Rohini Devasher

Fairytale for Sale, Natasha Caruana, 2011

Fairytale for Sale

Natasha Caruana

Screen capture of multi-coloured digitally generated flowers

Flowers

Daniel Brown

AQD Remembrancer, James Bridle, 2014. Limited edition newspaper (500)

AQD Remembrancer

James Bridle

Gallery install photo of display on walls with US postbox style object

Frackbox

Citizen Sense

Re-knitting 'tester' Jumper, Amy Twigger Holroyd, 2013. Hacked knitted garment

Re-knitting ‘tester’ jumper

Amy Twigger Holroyd

{poem}.py

{poem}.py

Pip Thornton

Image of an illuminated digital fountain dark blue on black background

Fountain

Katriona Beales

Circular blue, black and white inverted image of tree

Inverted Night Sky

Jeronimo Voss

KNITSONIK Stranded Colourwork Sourcebook, Felicity Ford, 2014. Crowd-funded publication

KNITSONIK Stranded Colourwork Sourcebook

Felicity Ford

Re-knitting step by step guide, Amy Twigger Holroyd, 2012. Digital prints on paper

Re-knitting step by step guide

Amy Twigger Holroyd

Transmission series

Transmission One and Transmission Two

Dan Hett

Copy Bomb, Antonio Roberts, 2015. Offline interactive networked sculpture. PirateBox, offline network, MDF, paint

Copy Bomb

Antonio Roberts

Married Man, Natasha Caruana, 2008

Married Man

Natasha Caruana

photograph of two screens with text and a 3D grid-based data visualisation in red on black

MYPOCKET

Burak Arikan

20Hz, Semiconductor, 2011. HD + HD 3D single channel video. 05.00 minutes

20Hz

Semiconductor

Corruption, Thomson & Craighead, 2014

Corruption

Thomson & Craighead

The Clandestine Purse, Natasha Caruana, 2008

The Clandestine Purse

Natasha Caruana

Image of ghostly woman on black background (CIPHER artwork)

CIPHER

Katriona Beales

Voyager (Micromégas), Thomson & Craighead, 2013

Voyager (Micromégas)

Thomson & Craighead

Weather Gauge, Thomson & Craighead, 2009

Weather Gauge

Thomson & Craighead

Your fingerprints on the artworks are the artwork itself

Paolo Cirio

abstract sculpture in blue and pale pink

Public Protection, Private Collection

Felicity Hammond

Three flames ate the sun, and big stars were seen, Philip Archer, 2012. Wall mounted canvas, photochromic paint, arduino, stepper motor, custom software

Three flames ate the sun, and big stars were seen

Phil Archer

Listening to Shetland Wool

Felicity Ford

Photo of The Promises Machione a wooden display with embedded screen

The Promises Machine

Rachel Jacobs

Body 01000010011011110110010001111001, Stanza, 2012. Perspex, Arduino, electronic components, internet connection

Body 01000010011011110110010001111001

Stanza

kinetic artwork of a circular wooden base and brass arches with a small brass seasaw with a weight

Allusive Protocols (prototypes)

Julie Freeman

image of pylon-like communications tower inverted white out of red

http://s33.820180e151.184813.com.au

Evan Roth

Close up of black ceramic object - one of the Dustbox forms

Dustbox

Citizen Sense

The spectrum of re-knitting treatments, Amy Twigger Holroyd, 2012. Digital print on paper

The spectrum of re-knitting treatments

Amy Twigger Holroyd

Black and white abstract image

Shadows of the State

Lewis Bush

Invisible Airs, YoHa, 2011. Pneumatic contraptions, air compressor, internet connection, bespoke software, Arduino

Invisible Airs

YoHa

balck and white photo of sign in countryside landscape

50.080697, -5.694138

Evan Roth

Flipped Clock, Thomson & Craighead, 2008

Flipped Clock

Thomson & Craighead

Pink Sheet Method, Thickear, 2014. Multiple performance, triplicate forms, archival spike, paint

Pink Sheet Method

Thickear

Photo of The Prediction Machine - awooden-style arcade-like machine with large dial and screen

The Prediction Machine

Rachel Jacobs

Gallery installation of multiple photos

The Longest and Darkest of Recollections

Liz Orton

Photo of multi story wooden tower

A Machine for Living

James Coupe

Installation photo of red frame, number display and construction

53°32’.01N, 003°21’.29W, from the Sea

David Gauthier

Watching the Watchers, James Bridle, 2013. Multiple mounted colour prints

Watching the Watchers

James Bridle

Canal Observatory

AusBlau

Pillars of Hercules, James Brooks, 2014

Pillars of Hercules

James Brooks

Close up of lightbulbs from The Future artwork

The Future

Alicia Eggert and Safwat Saleem

Photo of a naked mole-rat with a black redaction line over its eyes

Rodent Activity Transmission (RAT) systems

Julie Freeman

Dystopian digital city landscape

Cover designs for William Gibson’s Neuromancer trilogy

Daniel Brown

abstract image in dark pink, black and white

Code / City

Manu Luksch

Mini Rugs and their Friends

Mini Rugs and their Friends

Riitta Oittinen

image of screen and aerials in gallery

Open Space Observatory

Kei Kreutler and Libre Space Foundation

black and white image of booklet called Daemons of the Shadow World

Daemons of the Shadow World

Giles Lane

Still Lifes and Oscillators 1, Ben Garrod, 2012. Paint

Still Lifes and Oscillators 1

Ben Garrod

Twenty Thousand Seconds, Dan Hett, 2016. Algorithmically generated live coding image film (from an ongoing series)

Twenty Thousand Seconds

Dan Hett

Five 3D printed pale yellow shell-like objects

Lifestreams

Proboscis

The Wizard of AI

Alan Warburton

The Doffing Misstress Takes a Stroll, David Littler, 2016. Participatory installation. Piano player, paper scores, materials for contribution

The Doffing Mistress Takes a Stroll

David Littler

Rates for the Job, Sam Meech, 2016. Order form and performative contractual exchange action 

Rates for the Job

Sam Meech

Data as Culture - Art that uses data as a material

Experience the artwork here

Interactive online essay

Duration variable (approx 8 minutes)

Not optimised for mobile devices

howthey.watch/you is a hypermedia essay which continues Nick Briz’s decade-long activism and digital literacy work. It exposes the tracking technology built into our everyday experience of internet browsing. In this online work, the artist discusses this technology and asks important questions about its uses beyond fingerprinting and, ultimately, tracking. By exposing the misuses of this technology Briz encourages viewers to take an active role in protecting their online privacy.

howthey.watch

Commissioned by ODI Data as Culture for the Rules of Engagement online exhibition and produced as part of the ODI’s R&D programme exploring sustainable ethical practice around data, funded by Innovate UK.

Trailer for howthey.watch/you