Drawing on the development of digital technology and networks, the artists in the exhibition consider and critique the online information economy that governs our daily life; and raise important questions about the commercial exploitation of personal information, and compromised autonomy as a result of Big Tech.
Curated by Kristine Tan
Artist/Art organization: Kara Chin, Chong Yan CHUAH 蔡崇彦, JON THOMSON & ALISON CRAIGHEAD, Disnovation, Ben Grosser, Bani Haykal, Bill Posters, Daniel (c) Howe, Rachel Maclean, Michael Mandiberg, Tabita Rezaire.
Information Wants to be Free?: Art and the Internet
March 25 – May 1, 2022
ADM Gallery, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
The exhibition opens with Michael Mandiberg’s ‘Print Wikipedia’ installation, a striking visualisation of the decentralised knowledge sharing project Wikipedia.
