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ID:EALS 2023 Art Exhibition

The Institute hosts an annual art exhibition, Information and Democracy: Education, Access, Libraries, and Society (ID:EALS) Art Exhibition, which is composed of works that highlight information issues, such as misinformation, information privacy, and other unethical uses of information.

2023 ID:EALS Art Exhibition

On Thursday, April 13th the Institute held its inaugural art exhibition Information and Democracy: Education, Access, Libraries, and Society (ID:EALS) in the Chris & Michelle White Cornerstone Reading Room of the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education Library at Purdue University, West Lafayette.

The juried show featured artists whose work explores significant threats related to our information environment. These works raise questions about information surveillance and privacy; challenges to democracy and our educational system; the omnipresence of information technologies; the relationship between misinformation and racism; and more.

The ID:EALS exhibition will run until April 24th, 2023. The Institute will seek submissions for next year’s ID:EALS art exhibition in fall of 2023.

A collage of three close-up pictures of an oval-shaped sculpture hanging on a neutral-colored wall. There are two objects resembling human hands extruding out from the center of the sculpture. The sculpture is painted black and white resembling the pattern of a fingerprint.
Invasion of Privacy | 2018 Sabrina J. Barilone Earthenware, plywood, underglaze, glaze, acrylic, steel 28" X 17" X 17"
A small object resembling a doll made out of thin, white strands of plastic. The doll is in a neutral pose with its arms at its side on a black background.
Husk Doll | 2019 Michael Dinges Smartphone, coaxial cable, monofilament steel 30" x 15"
A close-up of a painting of colorful, abstracted shapes and paint strokes. Large black, white, and red handwritten text reads "truth is borne from education." Other small white handwritten text throughout the painting read "incognito", "ergo," "sum."
Truth is Borne from Education | 2022 Clint Eccher Acrylic on canvas20" X 16"
A close-up of a painting with colorful, abstracted shapes and paint strokes throughout. A figure appears sitting in a chair with an abstract painted TV spiting fire at the painted figure. Large red handwritten text reads "don\
Don't Outsource Your Thinking | 2022 Clint Eccher Acrylic on canvas20" X 16"
Large cloud encircled by keys and rings, camera, telephone, feet and hands, weapons, telephone poles, a burning flag and half-eaten food. The objects are surrounded by a black background with red and yellow dots.
Media Keys | 2018 Jason Stout Oil on canvas30" X 30"
Large cloud encircled by telephone poles, water pipes, military equipment, and other infrastructures, hands, exploding devices, books and other media, and half-eaten food.
Resources and Discourses | 2018 Jason Stout Oil on canvas30" X 30"
A light blue metal box in an all white background. The box has a black antenna coming from the top and a glowing green button on the front. A black label in the center of the box reads, "structural indifference." Below the label is an on and off switch flipped to "on."
Structural Indifference (on/off) | 2021 David E. Weed Junction box, 12V parts, powder coat, chrome fasteners8" X 14" X 4"
A light pink metal box in an all white background. The box has a black antenna coming from the top and a glowing green button on the front. A black label in the center of the box reads, "innocent system." Below the label is an on and off switch flipped to "on."
Innocent System (on/off) | 2022 David E. Weed Junction box, 12V parts, powder coat, chrome fasteners8" X 14" X 4"
A close-up of an orange and brown square sculpture hanging on a grey wall. The object is covered with variably sized deep holes, some of which contain smaller objects resembling human eyeballs.
Watchers II Limestone Cliffs | 2020 Mark Warpenburg Oil and wood pulp mix on shaped canvas with PVC armatures24” X 24” X 5”
A picture of a wall of green lockers with open doors. Inside the lockers are various textbooks and clothes hanging on hooks. Computer screens of news channels are visible inside two of the lockers.
... And We Went to the Same High School? | 2018 Sarah Nesbitt Pigmented inkjet print28" X 24" X 1"
A large rectangle of white fabric hanging on a wall with black text. The text is a copy of the United States congressional resolution of the Public Law 107-40 document.
Sentinel: Security Blanket | 2017 Matthew Mosher Digital print on microfleece 80" X 60"
Local newspaper clippings covering lynching of Black people. Large capital letters in white surrounded by red sequins say “Breathless” and “Excitement.”
What Scares Me #1 | 2023 April Maybee Ink on paper, sequins, canvas, wood frame, thread40" X 30" X 1.5 "
A picture of a wall of green lockers with open doors. Inside the lockers are various textbooks and clothes hanging on hooks. Computer screens of news channels are visible inside two of the lockers.
2-Ply: The Sh!t Show That Was 2020 (12 Pack) | 2021 Nikyra Capson 12 out of 52 toilet paper rolls sewn from fabric printed with commentary and news articles collected during Covid 4' X 4' X 3.5'