IT DOES META
in collaboration with Joanne Lim
The Tropical Lab Residency / LASALLE COLLEGE OF THE ARTS, Singapore
It Does Meta is an 85-minute performance interrogating the dissonance between national digital sovereignty and the global hegemony of big tech. By reading Meta’s entire privacy policy aloud—simultaneously and in their respective native languages—Lim and Schulz transform legal jargon into an entangled, monotone noise. This sonic layering mirrors the obfuscation techniques used by corporations to prioritize "consent" over actual comprehension.
The work highlights the stark ideological divide between Singapore and Germany: the former’s normalization of surveillance through early digital adoption versus the latter’s stringent privacy protections. Despite these contradictory legal frameworks, both nations are subjected to the same standardized corporate policies. It Does Meta exposes the absurdity of this shared digital architecture, critiquing a system that bypasses local law to construct a globally implemented, borderless panopticon.
in collaboration with Joanne Lim
The Tropical Lab Residency / LASALLE COLLEGE OF THE ARTS, Singapore
It Does Meta is an 85-minute performance interrogating the dissonance between national digital sovereignty and the global hegemony of big tech. By reading Meta’s entire privacy policy aloud—simultaneously and in their respective native languages—Lim and Schulz transform legal jargon into an entangled, monotone noise. This sonic layering mirrors the obfuscation techniques used by corporations to prioritize "consent" over actual comprehension.
The work highlights the stark ideological divide between Singapore and Germany: the former’s normalization of surveillance through early digital adoption versus the latter’s stringent privacy protections. Despite these contradictory legal frameworks, both nations are subjected to the same standardized corporate policies. It Does Meta exposes the absurdity of this shared digital architecture, critiquing a system that bypasses local law to construct a globally implemented, borderless panopticon.