Online privacy, oversharing and tech that’s beautiful: Frequency brings us them all

Imagine if every single image on your phone was displayed on a gallery wall, each one enlarged and sprawling across a ready white space for all to see. It would be OK with a few of them I suppose – that flattering selfie in front of a Koons sculpture, the artfully filtered shot of a sushi dinner, friends sat in rays of of sunlight picnicking in the park. But what about the other ones that are very much for your (or a carefully selected other’s) eyes only? The naughty ones, the less boss-friendly ones, the ones where you look frankly dog rough? But the thing is, you can’t choose. There’s no one without the other. The data gatherers can’t tell the difference. Online privacy doesn’t discriminate.

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We interview Quentin Jones about her new London show with Robert Storey

How’s this for a collaboration? Artist Quentin Jones, who counts photography, animation, painting and filmmaking among the tools of her trade, has teamed up with spatial designer Robert Storey to create the setting for her new exhibition in the The Vinyl Factory Space on London’s Brewer Street, with Robert creating a set for each of Quentin’s works.

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