Copper Spun Limbs
Yvette James
6
April 2022
6
April
2022
29
April 2022
Gallery 2
Our data is inextricably a part of our bodies. Images scraped from the internet are fragments of ourselves in computerised form. Biometric data profiles our physical body, recording our individual attributes to differentiate us. Biometric systems mine our fingerprints, facial features, ear shape, vein patterns, DNA, voice, walking style, hand geometry. These digital recordings of our anatomy take our idiosyncrasies and extend them for the manipulation of third party agencies. Fragments of our bodies, computerised and sent throughout the world are held in data centres and distributed to companies for a price. These fragments are purchased, accessed, used against us for capitalist gain or to reinforce authoritarian regimes. This definitive bodily detritus is manipulated to re-affect our physical, active bodies, weaponising ourselves against us. How can we reclaim our body parts?
Exhibition documented by Teagan Ramsay.
Our data is inextricably a part of our bodies. Images scraped from the internet are fragments of ourselves in computerised form. Biometric data profiles our physical body, recording our individual attributes to differentiate us. Biometric systems mine our fingerprints, facial features, ear shape, vein patterns, DNA, voice, walking style, hand geometry. These digital recordings of our anatomy take our idiosyncrasies and extend them for the manipulation of third party agencies. Fragments of our bodies, computerised and sent throughout the world are held in data centres and distributed to companies for a price. These fragments are purchased, accessed, used against us for capitalist gain or to reinforce authoritarian regimes. This definitive bodily detritus is manipulated to re-affect our physical, active bodies, weaponising ourselves against us. How can we reclaim our body parts?