Often art can expose issues more clearly than other mediums.
A show opened at The Shed this week called Manual Override. It is about the increasing power of technology in our lives and our inability to control it.
There is a piece in the show by the artist Lynn Hershman Leeson (whose Electronic Diaries form the spine of the show) called Shadowstalker.
In Shadowstalker, you enter your email address
And the work showcases your “digital shadow”:
Here is what my digital shadow contains:
Of course, none of this will surprise most people. We all know the Internet knows an awful lot about us.
But Lynn has managed to express it vividly in art and that has a powerful effect.
If you are in NYC, stop by The Shed and see Manual Override. The entire show is great. And try to see the Agnes Denes show too. It is also terrific.
