Very short introductory presentation with a few questions and points about the value of documenting art practice.

2. Eric
● My wedding
– Eric gave me 30 transparencies
– Eric shot three films
● My neace's wedding
– Her photographer gave her 30 digital images
– He shot 3000

3. http://www.synsha.com

5. Types of data
● app switches (Alt+Tab)
● computer state (screen size, brightness etc.)
● screen captures (at random intervals)
● music playing
● browser history
● frequency of emails / emails read / senders, recipients
● creative software filter settings
● copy/paste from other files
● location data

6. Questions
● What similar evidence do art historians look
for in archives?
● How is tracking data useful? Which research
questions does it answer?
● What other data should be recorded?
● How do you feel about automatic tracking?