This piece, Metadata, is a mixed media installation piece meant to physicalize the digital world. Drawing on the visual language of spider’s webs and conspiracy boards, this piece tracks the matrix of data that smart technology is able to derive from the photos stored in digital platforms. Information such as facial recognition, location data, contact and networking information, and advertisement preferences are all compiled by smart algorithms designed to create a profile of the individual as a data point and consumer. This piece tracks the same data to physically reconstruct a profile of the artists across a year of archival digital photos, maps, receipts, and stored messages. The piece utilizes a myriad of different media, focusing primarily on paper and film based objects that lattice together on a corkboard backing. The piece is secluded from the larger spaces of the gallery in the same way that the data is kept from the ordinary technological user. Each of the three walls of the space concentrate on a different aspect of data collection, being contact network, location data, and advertising profile respectively. The piece will continue to evolve as new data is formulated and the artist’s profile changes. All listed contact information and materials are real and accurate to the data stored by the artist’s smart device. This space is photography-prohibited and all smart devices should be left outside.