INSTITUTE FOR SOUTHERN CONTEMPORARY ART
The 1700+ privately-operated LinkNYC kiosks that have been installed throughout New York City since 2014 have reshaped the topology of the city’s streetscape. This spatial transformation signals a new epoch of so-called smart urbanism, integrating a network of sensors, cameras, and communication technologies inside 10-foot stainless steel enclosures owned and operated by Sidewalk Labs, a Google subsidiary. If data is the new gold, then New York City is a giant open-air mine.
Institute for Southern Contemporary Art (ISCA), 2016, HD video, 16 minutes. Narration: Celia Quillian and David Birkin, Miami Drone Camera: Experience Above, Atlanta Drone Camera: Sky Drone Cinema, Art Studios Camera: Micah Stansell, Musical Composition: Joe Hadden, Graphic Design: Bryan Perry, Animation: Micah Hesse, Architectural Modeling: Leslie Dougrou, Art Advisor graphic provided by Hugo Liu, Additional Research Assistance: John Wright and Chera Baugh (Atlanta Central Public Library), Aaron Putt, Michael White, and Cynthia Farnell (Georgia State University), Support Provided by: Ernest G. Welch Fund at Georgia State University, Art Center/South Florida, and New Museum, New York. Written, directed, and edited by João Enxuto and Erica Love