A profile of Matt Price. No. 52.

For this experiment I decided to create a physical form of a Facebook profile. And whats more physical than  book? For this piece I picked a friend at random by choosing a number and counting down to that number. I liked the idea of giving him a number rather than a name as it took away the personal aspect. Inside the book I displayed his information taken word by word from his profile. I then displayed his profile photographs, his own albums and his tagged photographs. By creating his profile in a physical form it felt strange to have all of this information in my hands, almost like it wasn't my right, but how is this different from having all of this information at the touch of a button? If someone approached us asking for all of this information surely we would find it strange and probably refuse to give it out. Yet we give it away without a thought. In a society which is so careful and so suspicious towards people what is it about the Internet which makes us feel safe? Is the Internet safe at all?