THE FUTURE OF INDETERMINACY

Datafication, Memory, Bio-Politics

Helen Nissenbaum, Daniel C. Howe & Mushon Zer-Aviv

2017 – present

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AdNauseam joins a broader class of technical systems that attempt to serve ethical, political, and expressive ends. In light of the industry's failure to self-regulate or otherwise address the excesses of network tracking, AdNauseam allows individual users to take matters into their own hands, fighting back against unilateral surveillance. Taken in this light, the software follows an approach similar to that of TrackMeNot, employing obfuscation as a strategy to shift the balance of power between the trackers and the tracked. It works to complete the cycle by automating ad clicks universally and blindly on behalf of its users. Built atop uBlock Origin, AdNauseam quietly clicks on every blocked ad, registering a visit on ad networks' databases. As the collected data gathered shows an omnivorous click-stream, user tracking, targeting and surveillance become futile.
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  • Paolo Cirio
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  • Hasan Elahi
  • Harun Farocki
  • Ken Friedman
  • Masaki Fujihata
  • Snow Yunxue Fu
  • Ellie Ga
  • Yishay Garbasz
  • Bjarni Gunnarsson
  • Matthew Angelo Harrison
  • Camille Henrot
  • Lyn Hershman Leeson
  • Roger Hiorns
  • Thomas Hirschhorn
  • Tzu Nyen Ho
  • Cat Hope
  • Daniel C Howe
  • Tehching Hsieh
  • Marina Hulzenga
  • Pierre Huyghe
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  • Eduardo Kac
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  • The Yes Men
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  • Bas Jan Ader
  • Memo Akten
  • Jane Alexander
  • Mark Amerika
  • Sadie Barnette
  • Æsa Björk
  • Zach Blas
  • Blast Theory
  • Mel Bochner
  • Andrej Boleslavský
  • George Brecht
  • John Cage
  • Cassils
  • Micha Cárdenas
  • Jon Cates
  • Oron Catts
  • Jake & Dinos Chapman
  • Yasuhiro Chida
  • Paolo Cirio
  • Critical Zoologists
  • Marcus Coates
  • Critical Zoologists
  • Debbie Ding
  • Hasan Elahi
  • Harun Farocki
  • Ken Friedman
  • Masaki Fujihata
  • Snow Yunxue Fu
  • Ellie Ga
  • Yishay Garbasz
  • Bjarni Gunnarsson
  • Matthew Angelo Harrison
  • Camille Henrot
  • Lyn Hershman Leeson
  • Roger Hiorns
  • Thomas Hirschhorn
  • Tzu Nyen Ho
  • Cat Hope
  • Daniel C Howe
  • Tehching Hsieh
  • Marina Hulzenga
  • Pierre Huyghe
  • Natalie Jeremijenko
  • Mária Júdová
  • Eduardo Kac
  • Knowbotic Research
  • Alison Knowles
  • Teresa Margolles
  • Nancy Mauro-Flude
  • Rosa Menkman
  • Nathalie Miebach
  • Kent Monkman
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  • Yoko Ono
  • Mimi Ọnụọha
  • Damián Ortega
  • Patricia Piccinini
  • Jo Pollitt
  • Anna Ridler
  • Jon Satrom
  • Kuai Shen
  • Nina Sellars
  • Paul Sermon
  • Maja Smrekar
  • Stelarc
  • Thomas Thwaites
  • Troika
  • Adejoke Tugbiyele
  • Camille Utterback
  • Pablo Valbuena
  • Devon Ward
  • Tom White
  • Chris Woebken
  • Wrights & Sites
  • Iannis Xenakis
  • The Yes Men
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