Guest edited by Angie Waller of unknownunknowns.org, the series Code in Codex explores how artists and designers interpret digital systems that influence how we read, write, and make meaning. Blending data, engineering, and experimentation, each practitioner describes their approach to exposing hidden systems in our online environment and how we can represent, resist, or reimagine them through analog forms, storytelling, and code—empowering us to be readers, not mere users.
As algorithmic systems increasingly dictate the rhythms of our reality, artist and data scientist Angie Waller delves into the broader human realities of tech and make visible the unseen forces of digital capitalism and authoritarian automation.
How can artificial intelligence’s decision-making process be more visible to humans? Founder of the Digital Witness Lab at Princeton University, Surya Mattu, discusses their art practice that explores how AI can be made more transparent, evaluated for bias, and the ways your devices are tracking you at home.
How can the inner workings of technology be made more visible? Graphic designer and master paper engineer Kelli Anderson explores using pop-up books to reveal what is often hidden.
