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Media & Events > Manchester-curated data-poetry artwork, EVERY THING EVERY TIME, to feature at South by Southwest26 February 2019
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Every day, a vast amount of data is gathered about us. It is processed by technologies and technologists alike, but who collects and controls this information? And how is it captured or stored?
In a North American premiere at South by Southwest (SXSW) 2019, artist Naho Matsuda’s public realm artwork EVERY THING EVERY TIME processes data typically captured and published by ‘smart city’ technologies, consumer devices, private and public institutions, and various media, using this data to create poetry based on your interaction with the urban environment.
EVERY THING EVERY TIME broadcasts poetry on a large mechanical display, urging deeper reflection on the role of data in our lives, personal privacy and our place in future cities. The artwork, curated and produced in Manchester by FutureEverything, will feature at SXSW as part of British Underground’s Future Art and Culture Programme.
Through careful curation of data that describes events, from the mundane to the marvellous, life in Austin will be expressed as poetry on a mechanical split-flap display resembling the destination boards once found in railway stations.
Delving into the expanding scope of data collection and the ‘smart city’, the work invites audiences to reflect on our increasingly complex relationship with technology and the global phenomenon of ‘surveillance capitalism’.
“In EVERY THING EVERY TIME I turn data streams into poems. The work interrogates where data comes from, who owns it and how it’s used. South by Southwest is the work’s first international showcase, so I’m very excited to see the stories generated from Austin’s data.”
Continuing a legacy of transdisciplinary research and Data Art commissioning, FutureEverything’s work with British Underground adds to a wider touring portfolio, in recent years producing work in Russia, Singapore and Taiwan.
Commenting on the commission, Irini Papadimitriou, Creative Director of FutureEverything, says:“We’re very excited to bring EVERY THING EVERY TIME to South by Southwest. Having developed this artwork in Manchester with Naho and industry partners, the opportunity to tour the work with British Underground was unmissable. We hope that presenting the work in Austin leads to opportunities in other cities.”
Speaking of the FutureEverything collaboration Crispin Parry CEO of British Underground, says:“Naho Matsuda’s Every Thing Every Time, in Austin’s Brush Square is an important addition to our Future Art and Culture programme at South by Southwest and brilliantly showcases how public data and digital technology can be utilised to make great art.”
EVERY THING EVERY TIME will be positioned in Brush Square, Austin from 8th to 14th March.
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