Carbolytics je projekt na preseku umetnosti in raziskovanja, katerega cilj je ozaveščanje in poziv k ukrepanju glede okoljskega vpliva vseprisotnega nadzora znotraj ekosistema oglaševalske tehnologije, pa tudi nudenje nove perspektive za obravnavanje družbenih in okoljskih stroškov netransparentnih praks zbiranja podatkov. Spletno sledenje je dejanje zbiranja podatkov o dejavnostih uporabnikov na spletu, kot so branje novic, nakupovanje izdelkov, interakcija na družbenih medijih ali preprosto spletno iskanje. Znano je, da sta sledenje in beleženje vedenja uporabnikov v zadnjem desetletju postala glavni poslovni model. Toda čeprav so družbene in etične posledice zlorabe praks spletnega nadzora predmet javne razprave vsaj od Snowdnovih razkritij leta 2013, pa so energetski in okoljski stroški takšnih procesov ostali skriti pred očmi javnosti. Globalni aparat za zbiranje podatkov je zapleten tehnološki labirint, ki za svoj obstoj in delovanje potrebuje ogromne količine virov, vendar podjetja le redko razkrijejo informacije o okoljskem odtisu takšnih dejavnosti. Poleg tega je del stroškov energije, ki jih povzročajo prakse zbiranja podatkov, naložen uporabniku, ki neprostovoljno prevzame tudi del njihovega okoljskega odtisa. Čeprav gre za kritičen vidik nadzora, obstaja zaskrbljujoče pomanjkanje družbene, politične, podjetniške in vladne volje za odgovornost, zato je poziv k ukrepanju nujen.Producent: Aksioma pod okriljem platforme konSOdprtje projekta 16. februarNa ogled Aksioma Projektni prostor, 16. februar–11. marec 2022aksioma.org/sl/carbolyticskons-platforma.org/projekti/carbolytics/Projekt konS - Platforma za sodobno raziskovalno umetnost je bil izbran na javnem razpisu za izbor operacij “Mreža centrov raziskovalnih umetnosti in kulture”. Naložbo sofinancirata Republika Slovenija in Evropska unija iz Evropskega sklada za regionalni razvoj.///Carbolytics is a project at the intersection of art and research that aims to raise awareness and call for action on the environmental impact of pervasive surveillance within the advertising technology ecosystem (AdTech), as well as to provide a new perspective to address the social and environmental costs of opaque data collection practices. Online tracking is the act of collecting data from online user activity, such as reading the news, purchasing items, interacting on social media or simply searching online. It is well known that tracking and recording users’ behaviour has become a major business model in the last decade. However, even though the societal and ethical consequences of abusive online surveillance practices have been a subject of public debate at least since Snowden’s revelations in 2013, the energy and environmental costs of such processes have been kept away from the public eye. The global data collection apparatus is a complex techno maze that needs vast amounts of resources to exist and operate, yet companies rarely disclose information on the environmental footprint of such operations. Moreover, part of the energy costs of data collection practices is inflicted upon the user, who also involuntarily assumes a portion of its environmental footprint. Although this is a critical aspect of surveillance, there’s an alarming lack of social, political, corporate and governmental will for accountability, thus a call for action is urgent.Producer: AksiomaProject was made in the frame of konS platform.Opening on February 16 2022Exhibition Aksioma Projektni space, 16 February–11 March 2022, from 12 am do 9 pmaksioma.org/sl/carbolyticskons-platforma.orgkonS Platform for Contemporary Investigative Art is a project chosen on the public call for the selection of the operations “Network of Investigative Art and Culture Centres”. The investment is co-financed by the Republic of Slovenia and by the European Regional Development Fund of the European Union.
