A Durational Performance
(March 5-7, 2010)

Unit 9, Westwind Studios, Phoenix, AZ

›› Director, Performer ››

(Part of the series: Data Humanization Project)

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

From Friday through Sunday I remained in a small motel room, making a mark on the wall for every Iraqi death since the beginning of the US invasion in March 2003.

The Data Humanization series emerges from the field of data visualization and big data analytics, in which large and complex datasets are presented through visual effects that render them “readable.” In contrast to this trend, each 'data humanization' performance seeks to physically “translate” a single datapoint so that it can be more fully comprehended. Chosen data points are numbers that trouble or baffle the artist, and that she seeks to imprint within her body. She invites audiences to serve as witnesses and aids.