Curated by Linda Shevlin
Sound Producer: Kevin Smith
Voice Actor: Jeffrey Smith
Photos: Jonathan Sammon
Kindly supported by South Dublin County Council
The work is the result of an initial investigation into Ireland’s role as the “Data Centre Capital” where large levels of moisture populate the air, attracting hundreds of multinational corporations to house their data within. Similar to many European countries, Ireland is heavily reliant on it’s environment to generate economy, while corporations rely on individuals to contribute their data. Evidently, the proposed cycle references the physical housing of this data and its adaption to particular aspects within our environmental system, reimagining it as a more natural cycle we are subjected to.
The work examines the political ramifications of the viewer’s existence within this cycle, prompting actions derived from our physical recorded interactions with virtual space. Aiming to illustrate the individual’s stance in relation to the corporation and their dual role as both a consumer and a product within this free labour data system, it very subtly situates these intricate bodily movements within a larger functioning cycle of productivity fuelled by corporate bodies within a capitalist world.