Higher Resolution

Hyphen-Labs was asked to be Lead Artist of the 2019 Tate Exchange space in London, UK. A collaborative, annual program at Tate Modern and Tate Liverpool that invited the public, artists, and over 60 organizations to explore and discuss contemporary issues through art. It acted as a civic space for dialogue and experimentation, encouraging a "thinking through doing" approach to the role of art in society.

In Higher Resolution Hyphen-Labs hosted over 40 artists and thousands of participants to question our relationships with digital platforms, the power behind technology, and how art can be used as a tool of intervention as they launch the fourth year of Tate Exchange, responding to the theme of 'Power'.

Collaborating with Tate Exchange Associates and global guest contributors, including Dr. Romy Gad el Rab and Caroline Sinders, examine what we share with machines and the algorithms that define our privacy, behaviour and digital rights, inspired by the question ‘how did we get here?’ Focusing on technology and the next generation of ‘higher power’, explore the creation of power and the tools to disrupt, resist and redistribute it through an immersive sequence of interventions and conversations, talks and workshops across multiple spaces.

The Town Hall - The Internet

A public square for speaking loudly and deliberately, to be heard. Like a social network, your thoughts can spread, virally. They will be heard, amplified and sometimes misinterpreted. The Town Hall will host a series of talks, discussion and debates. Daily lunchtime talks will focus on the intersection of human rights, data privacy, and AI.

The Park Bench- Social Media (log in required)

A semi-public space for conversations you don’t mind being overheard by a stranger or two – or even have them join in.

The Living Room - Group Chats

A semi-private space for friends, and friends of friends to debate, converse, share, talk and chill. Across the two weeks, the Living Room will be permanent home to F’xa and the Cybernetics Library. F’xa is a feminist chatbot designed to teach people about AI bias and point them towards actions that can help reduce it. The Cybernetics Library is an art and research collective built around physical and digital library collections. Through its continually evolving collection and technological components, the library aims to generate feedback between publications, digital information, physical installations, and the readers themselves.

The Loo - Encrypted & Private Messaging

This area has been created to mimic the most intimate and private of spaces. It is a space to share your thoughts. Secrets are welcomed, and comfortably kept. Throughout the week, the space will be overseen by a data spell created by writer, editor and chaos witch Janus Rose. The spell acts to bind Silicon Valley and overreaching technology.

Team:

Hyphen-Labs, Caroline Sinders, Jazmin Morrison

Collaborators:

Women Like Me (Melissa Wills), Comuzi (Alex Fefegha & Akil Benjamin), Noah Levenson, Marija Bozinovska Jones, Internet Age Media (Andres Colmenares & Lucy Black-Swan), Mahsa Alimardani, Frederike Kaltheuner (Privacy International), David Carroll, Ravi Naik, Carole Cadwalladr, Filipe Vilas-Boas, Natalie Kane, Ekin Bernay, Paul Graham Raven - Superflux, Oanda (Ana Maria Toro), Multimedia Anthropology Lab, UCL (Maya Hope Chaldecott, Sophie Mei Birkin, Deborah Tchoudjinoff Hermione Spriggs & Raffaella Fryer) , Melanie Hoff (Cybernetic Library), Joanna Skorupska (Radicalzz Studio), Random Happiness- (Gastón Lisak, Carlos J.Navarro & Nicole Vindel), Matteo Guarnaccia & Francesco Tagliavia, Conor Rigby-The Feminist Internet, Daniel Sabio aka The Glad Scientist, Cached Collective (Clément Bouttier, Ryan Dzelzkalns, Jon Flint, Vytas Jankauskas, Joana Mateus, Aline Martinez & Felipe de Souza), Libby Heaney, Georgina Voss, Irene Tokini Fubara-Manuel, Gabriel Bianconi, Memo Akten, Kenric McDowell, Julia Piekarczyk, Big Brother Watch, Janus Rose, Vivienne Griffin, Mimi Onuoha and Mother Cyborg, Diane Zilliox, Ted Hunt, Kajal Odera (change.org), Melody Patry (access Now), Sam Jeffers (Who Targets me), Karoline Iwanska (Panoptykon Foundation), Ahmed Razek (BBC), Anna Bacciarelli (Amnesty International), Rachel Coldicutt (Doteverone), Lucie Parker (Fawcett Society), Mozilla Foundation