Artist Statement

Video (2015)

The Affect Machine Historical Archive investigates new forms of contracts and widened definitions of employment that might better address today’s work realities. By merging the functionality of a social network with online trading, an institution is proposed that mirrors the practices of the new networked economy.

• Karin Hansson is an artist, curator and at researcher in Computer and Systems Sciences at Stockholm University, Sweden, with artistic methodologies and participatory process online as research focus. Hansson previously carried out a series of thematic art projects and exhibitions related to information society and changing conditions for democracy.

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