Giving 'Informed consent' is one of the foundations for collecting and using your data. But practically, that means thoughtlessly clicking 'agreed' to a privacy policy. What do you agree to? Often, that click doesn't permit one but hundreds of privacy policies all in one.
For example, you accept 835 privacy policies with just one click on 'got it' when you visit dailymail.co.uk. It takes hundreds of hours to read these all. So, let's do it together.
0.0146 seconds is a collective read out loud performance in which people one by one recite a part of the conditions until all conditions are recorded, resulting in an auditory work of art.
Together, we create a movement against the exploiting and elusive mechanisms of the data industry. We read for better digital civil rights and control over our data.
Look in the schedule for the live performance times.
Initially, this project takes place in a pop-up radio studio. Due to the pandemic, the tour got cancelled. So now for the first time, at Mozfest, you can participate from home!
How to participate: Reserve a time frame (upfront or, if there are spots available, during the festival) and join the meeting room when it's your turn. You'll receive your page and a brief introduction by the Artist, Julia Janssen. Then, you start reading until you're at the end of your page. To finish up, we do some registrations: name (or anonymous), time and location of your performance etc. And the next person is ready to go. One session will take about 15 to 20 minutes. During all sessions, the room is open for the public, so people can join and listen to your performance.
We're hoping that many efforts and discussions will continue after Mozfest. Share any ideas you already have for how to continue the work from your session.:We hope to give people a different experience and understanding of what informed consent means. And that it may have an impact on the implementation of regulations around the world. We hope to encourage to really change the system, cause this shows that there is a real need for rethinking the way we give consent and share data.
How will you deal with varying numbers of participants in your session?:The goal is, of course, to encourage as many people as possible to participate.
If only three people participate, the project will still succeed because we are three pages closer to the end.
After MozFest, we'll continue with this online alternative for the pop-up radio studio and hopefully finish the book any time soon!
Julia Janssen is an artist – designer, researcher, public speaker and podcast maker
who creates awareness of the impact of digitization on society.