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by Daniel C. Howe

On Compressions

by Florian Cramer
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Daniel C. Howe is an American artist and educator. His art/research practice focuses on the creation of software that reimagines human relationships with technology. Exploring issues such as privacy, surveillance, disinformation and representation, his work spans a range of media, including installations, artist books, sound recordings and software interventions. He currently lives in Hong Kong where he teaches at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.

Florian Cramer is a reader in 21st-century visual culture/Autonomous Practices at Willem de Kooning Academy & Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands.