Daniel Helm

Daniel Helm

Developer Evangelist

About

I help developers understand emerging technologies and help emerging technologies understand their developers. I also make art that thinks about technology and politics.

Channel 13 News

2019

A recent study found that, at over 5,000 words, the “Terms of Use” for Instagram requires a postgraduate reading level to comprehend. The paragraph in this artwork was taken from an online chain letter recently posted to Instagram by many prominent celebrities, politicians, artists, and everyday people. The text first went viral on Facebook in 2012 and has since lived a life of reposting, copy-pasting, screenshotting and creative adaptation. Though the information the post contains is not factual, it points to fears and beliefs held by those who continue to share it.

Channel 13 News: Vinyl banner installed in gallery.
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Detail.
With me, for scale.