Document:Q6318
From Rhizome Artbase
How Do You See the Disappeared? A Warm Database was created in response to data-gathering and surveillance in the wake of 9/11, and its role in rendition, deportation, detention, and other forms of political disappearance. In opposition to state-sponsored processes of surveillance and erasure, the project proposes a concept of “warm data”—deeply personal but non-identifying information that speaks to the lived experience of being subjected to political invisibility. The web-based project features a hypertext essay, watercolor portraits of the Disappeared, a questionnaire, and visualizations of the answers, as well as accounts of activist efforts and links to political resources.