2009. Self Disclosure 2.0 website still.
Software project.
Self Disclosure 2.0: Visualizing the Diaspora of "My" Information
"Identity theft” is one of the most popular memes of the day. It is a sad phrase; one that strips our cultural understanding of identity down to a handful of information. Our individual identities are reduced to a couple of facts: name, date of birth, ethnicity, address, phone number, social security number, credit history and email address. This information is meant to locate us literally and statistically; it is not meant to “know us” personally.
The purpose of Self-Disclosure is to help us understand our relationship with this so-called “personal” information. Today this "personal" information is a medium of exchanged used to gain access to data, email, information, coupons, friends/chat online, etc. Because we don't think of this information as currency, we don't keep systematic records of where/who we have "paid." Self-Disclosure provides a visual platform to track and register these transactions (think of it as analagous to a checking account register, but much more graphic).
Self-Disclosed 2.0 is a software program designed with Actionscript 2.0 and XML. Full functionality requires the free browser plugin: Flash Player 10.
Visit selfdisclosed.com
2008. One of a Series of Mini Quilts.
Quilted Consumption
Everything we buy today comes in "disposable" packaging.... and we are a buying society. As a nod to the feedsack quilts during the depression era, these quilts are composed entirely out of used packaging. Unfortunately, unlike the cloth sacks of yesteryear, the quilted products in this project are not functional and, therefore, point to our wasteful habits. Composed entirely out of your used shopping bags, each quilt documents the owner's consumption habits. Backlit with natural light, these quilts light up like sacred stained glass windows and call attention to how embedded consumption is into our culture and belief systems.
2009. Consumption Portrait #1 and #2.
Consumption Portraits
This series is an extension of the quilted consumption series. This particular series explores the notion of storytelling in quilts, experimental techniques, and the role of appropriation in collage.
2009. Databody still from test installation.
DataBody
This project is in early stages of development.
Identity in our culture has been redefined by the term "identity theft" which implicates identity is something tangible, something that could be stolen. This project explores how seemingly arbitrary numbers and strings of information become attached to our bodies as identifiers. These identifiers are "spent" as currency in today's marketplace in exchange for access to information and services.
This project will experiment with RFID technology.