and fall somewhere in the middle, willing to participate in a data-driven society but unwilling to let
others decide in secret what is considered appropriate. The definition of privacy is always a balance
between the needs of society of the needs of an individual.
SM: Are there aspects of your work that can reference days before 9/11 and is there any possibility of
p rivacy in our mega data future?
AH: The key to establishing privacy in the future is establishing transparency now in how data is collected and used. If we let the Googles and NSAs of the world define privacy, it will not be in our favor.
Citizens, and especially artists, should play just as aggressively as companies and spy agencies in the
struggle for privacy.
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