“From Here to There: Alec Soth’s America” (2010)

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Photographs by Alec Soth.
Walker Art Center, 2010.

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ASX.TV: Alec Soth – “How to Disappear in America” (2010)

Last summer, after writing a story for Wired magazine about people who fake their own deaths, journalist Evan Ratliff decided to vanish and invited the public to try to find him. While he attempted to stay hidden for 30 days, he was caught in 25, thanks in part to the digital breadcrumb trail he left behind. Join Peter Eleey, curator of The Talent Show, and Ratliff as they discuss data-mining, surveillance, and other ramifications of a culture awash in in information.

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