The Upgrade! w/the SWIPE collaborators

Dear all,

We're gathering again next Thursday, April 1st for a talk with Brooke
Singer, Beatriz da Costa and Jamie Schulte who will discuss their
ongoing collaboration SWIPE.

SWIPE began as a performance and installation that focuses on data
gathered from driver's licenses, a form of data-mining that businesses
are starting to practice in the United States. Bars and convenience
stores were the first to utilize license scanners in the name of age
and ID verification. These businesses, however, admit they reap huge
benefits from this practice beyond catching underage drinkers and
smokers and fake IDs. With one swipe