Name : Brian Patrick Franklin & Christopher Wille
Location : Bloomington IL
Email : chris@chriswille.com
Twitter :
GitHub : [cdwille]
Url(s) : [spherecollective.com] [chriswille.com][brianpatrickfranklin.com]
Speaker Bio
[Sphere is an artist collective based in central Illinois. Founded by Brian Patrick Franklin and Christopher Wille Sphere asks questions about contemporary society.]
Type of proposal
[ artwork]
Description
[Concerns regarding encryption and data privacy have increasingly become a part of a contemporary international conversation. Online security and privacy is one of the primary concerns across the globe as our physical existence becomes increasingly entwined with our virtual actions. However, the adage, "If you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear," demonstrates a refusal to acknowledge the complexities within this issue. Lawmakers and politicians continue to most often frame the debate as a choice between security and privacy, as if each inherently negates the other.
In response to revelations regarding surveillance on a mass scale and court cases to determine who may access private data many people have taken to using new precautions and tools to preserve the anonymity. Concepts such as cryptography, bitcoin, the deep and dark web, and computer viruses have all become areas of investigation for artists.
One of the most widely used methods for securing privacy is TOR, which masks internet activity using encryption via a global network of relays run by volunteers. Critics of this software raise concerns of enabled drug trafficking and piracy while proponents cite the journalists and social activists that are protected from arrest and torture by oppressive governments. For this latter group security fully relies on privacy.
The works in Sphere's Dark Web series gives this virtual activity a physical presence in sculptural forms and drawings while simultaneously adding a further level of abstraction or encryption in the process of translating the data to a new form.
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Duration (not needed for artworks)
[NA]
Workshop technical requirements and materials list (if applicable)
[NA]
Artwork installation requirements (if applicable)
[Space to hang and display work is all that is necessary]
Dark Web
Name : Brian Patrick Franklin & Christopher Wille Location : Bloomington IL Email : chris@chriswille.com Twitter : GitHub : [cdwille] Url(s) : [spherecollective.com] [chriswille.com][brianpatrickfranklin.com]
Speaker Bio
[Sphere is an artist collective based in central Illinois. Founded by Brian Patrick Franklin and Christopher Wille Sphere asks questions about contemporary society.]
Type of proposal
[ artwork]
Description
[Concerns regarding encryption and data privacy have increasingly become a part of a contemporary international conversation. Online security and privacy is one of the primary concerns across the globe as our physical existence becomes increasingly entwined with our virtual actions. However, the adage, "If you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear," demonstrates a refusal to acknowledge the complexities within this issue. Lawmakers and politicians continue to most often frame the debate as a choice between security and privacy, as if each inherently negates the other.
In response to revelations regarding surveillance on a mass scale and court cases to determine who may access private data many people have taken to using new precautions and tools to preserve the anonymity. Concepts such as cryptography, bitcoin, the deep and dark web, and computer viruses have all become areas of investigation for artists.
One of the most widely used methods for securing privacy is TOR, which masks internet activity using encryption via a global network of relays run by volunteers. Critics of this software raise concerns of enabled drug trafficking and piracy while proponents cite the journalists and social activists that are protected from arrest and torture by oppressive governments. For this latter group security fully relies on privacy.
The works in Sphere's Dark Web series gives this virtual activity a physical presence in sculptural forms and drawings while simultaneously adding a further level of abstraction or encryption in the process of translating the data to a new form. ]
Duration (not needed for artworks)
[NA]
Workshop technical requirements and materials list (if applicable)
[NA]
Artwork installation requirements (if applicable)
[Space to hang and display work is all that is necessary]
Performance requirements (if applicable)
[NA]
Et cetera...
[http://www.spherecollective.com/dark_web]