Tracked & Traced
Detroit Science Gallery, Michigan, USA

What does it mean to live in a world where privacy is merely an illusion? How does surveillance benefit us as individuals and as a society? Alternatively, what are the inherent harms inflicted upon those being tracked & monitored?

With the advent of the 21st century, new technologies expedited the ways in which governments, corporations, and individuals surveil people, places, and things throughout the world and beyond. In fact, many now claim that we live within a surveillance society. Data is collected, stored, analyzed, and applied in ways both known and unknown. The devices and tools we use—search engines, social media, smartphone apps, fitness trackers, retail loyalty programs, to name a few—enable these forms of opaque surveillance.

Curated by Mark Sullivan, Antajuan Scott, Emily Wegner, Devon Akmon, Allyssa Harris and Hannah Redler Hawes with affiliation to the University of Michigan. 

Made with:
Unity, Ableton Live, Zephyr3D, Premiere Pro, 3dsMax, Ableton Live

360 screen testing:
Igloo Sutdios, Angel, London UK