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The Why

Emotional Stock Market was made to highlight the value in social data and its relation to markets. The fantasy stock market was a direct attempt to present the economic value in digital communication. I was responding to political discussions of replacing GDP with wellbeing and wanted to present a satirical format for this to work. The piece is humorous and satirical however on reflection the implications in the value of our data being used in markets has become a reality. Advertisers pay to know as much about as possible and our emotional state has become an extension of that as we become the ideal target customer.

YourHomepage is about the relationship between the user and the google maps service. By presenting personal memories in front of the ubiquitous digital interface the emotional expression and standardised navigation creates a conflict. im interested in relationship between the memory, the place and the digital representation. The piece is a an online work that returns to the digital form , creating layers of personal memories onto the google maps landscape. It is interesting to archive such personal histories onto a public platform, that sits within the discourse.

The Last Day of TV was made in response to the end of analogue broadcasting in Uk in April 2012. Primarily we wanted to raise awareness that the broadcasting medium that had served us for over 70 years was quietly ceasing transmission. The last moment was of particular importance for me , and i wanted to record and archive this final frame onto vhs recording. This felt important because the vhs format and its relation to recording copyrighted television was also coming to an end. In the information age where all digital signals leave a trail capturing the last moment of analogue felt important.