Faculty of Design

Graphic Design

Jon Owen

Public from Nothing

Public from Nothing is an exploration of alienation in virtual spaces. Using Spotify's Discover Weekly playlist, the piece conceptualizes the black box where new music is algorithmically matched to users. Over the course of 18 weeks, music gathered in virtual space and played together creates a soundscape that acts as a kind of 'public-from-nothing,' an echoing virtual mall populated by algorithm instead of people.