BA (Hons) Fine Art: Print And Time-Based Media
18th century scientists sought to measure the world, now we are measuring ourselves. Suttonâs work examines the spirit of digital culture which encourages individuals to simplify themselves into data for online profiles and accounts. These digital representations can both fragment and empower individuals, but ultimately shape views of ourselves and each other. She aims to question whether these âsecond selvesâ are adequate definitions, and what darkness, what shadows, we ignore by attempting to quantify ourselves in this way. These are instruments and graphs that measure a single imaginary userâs online footprint. Working with forms that exist somewhere between information and play, they seek to highlight the futility and creativity inherent in translation and the paradox of pouring oneâs self into the online void. www.theodorasutton.co.uk