Hidden Systems
Work in progress
Hidden Systems is a critical design project that both exhibits online and in a gallery space.
Hidden Systems examines and visualizes the algorithm's intention in the case of video-sharing platforms. It takes the form of a Chrome browser extension and a data visualization to scrape data from websites and produce a possible interpretation of the algorithm-controlled process within the system of video consumption. It is based on the recommendation system and the content monetization system from YouTube.
Chrome browser (sign-in is required)
Download the file from link and unzip to a local folder
Follow the list in the popup window and navigate to the corresponding pages
Click on "generate receipt" to get a digital "summary" of the settings browsed
Click on "download" to get the JSON format
Participate in the exhibition by uploading your data to http://bit.ly/2Q4w7y7 (no identification information required)
Fill in additional information and add a label for you to identify yourself in the data visualization
The data visualization is being presented on 6 E 16th Street 12th floor, New York NY and online http://bit.ly/2JB408E
Hidden Systems is a Parsons MFADT thesis project created by Youchun (zhany493@newschool.edu)