The artist gave an insight into his elaborate expert system, a thorough analysis of how the status of our identity is determined by administrative frameworks and identifying features stored in various commercial and governmental databases. Starting from his works in the NODE17 exhibition “Designing Hope” participants learned how identities are built and how new identities can be created in order to seek protection from direct traceability. Bunting introduced them to the manuals he has synthesized from his own inquiries and guide the participants through the first steps of using the freely available material.
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