Polymath Breakthrough //

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About Polymath Breakthrough //

So far this is only for one group of collaborators, so I have included the information on our individual project. If more teams join I will change the description to reflect all the teams.

So much of what we do online is invisible, weightless. We have moved into an environment which is robustly connected and yet floating. Each string that connects us is elastic. Every time we digitize a document, that document evaporates and becomes a part of the cloud above us. We are still connected to that data. That data moves to other spaces when other people access it, but stays with us. A hard drive weighs the same, no matter how much data we put into it. Part of examining and understanding these digital spaces is making these connections visible, the data grounded.
In Infomobility and Technics, Belinda Barnet points out that, "With every step, I emit a smog of data; my journey is being archived too.” This work is our investigation into the meaning and affect of being permanently altered, bothered, tethered and animated by our teleological devices through a series of exercises, both literary and performative. Paige Saez, Amber Case and Rebecca Steele are writing an essay in response to Infomobility and Technics by Belinda Barnet. In addition to this, we are creating a series of performances. These pieces will be attempts at visualizing the tension, weight and responsibility of always-on-connectivity. The essay, the photographs (as documentation of the performances) will become a book called Bothered, Tethered and Willing.

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