An immersive installation exploring
one narrative through the ubiquitous
sensors of our everyday lives.

The smarts of Smart Things require them to continually witness human behavior and then reconstruct a world for them to operate in. Yet in contrast to the assumption of the Big Data Approach what emerges as the sum of data streams is not reality, but a very specific perspective shaped by the desire to monetize private human experience.

Smart Things are secretive.

They’re black boxes designed to be inaccessible to everybody but those who speak their language, but still we as users have found ways to extract clues from them when a human story is told in data. The digital age challenges us to judge our lives depending on small gestures and fragmented news, and how well we are able to navigate these new forms of expression depends on how well we are able to inhabit technology‘s point of view. black box explores how technological literacy enables and limits us in passing judgement on ourselves and others.