lo: non-men in computational art

One project from a woman artist that caught my eye a while ago is CAre BOt by Caroline Sinders. Sinders is an artist and designer who studies digital spaces and patterns and responds to them with her projects. CAre BOt is sort of an extension or spin-off of another one of her projects – the Social Media Breakup Coordinator – that addresses the irresponsible social media policies concerning harassment and abuse. The chatbot was given dialogue by Sinders that highlights the mistreatment of online victims, backed by her personal research of harassment on social media platforms. While interacting with CAre BOt, you can also learn a lot about that research and how social media sites are poorly designed systems. Many of her projects address system wide flaws in things and who they affect. Her artistic approach to data-driven research and issues allows users like me to learn about the data without being overwhelmed or even traumatized. It’s really interesting to me.