What a digital aura can do for art

As privacy campaigners consider the dangers of mining metadata, we look at the implications for the arts of your online footprint.
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‘You all have an aura. No really, every single one of you.’

Katja Forbes, Founder and Principal Consultant at Perceptive Ideas isn’t talking about a coloured light gleaming from your shoulders and reflecting your soul, but a digital aura. ‘If you have a smart device, you have an aura. You can’t see it but it follows you absolutely everywhere that you go.’

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Madeleine Dore
About the Author
Madeleine Dore is a freelance writer and founder of Extraordinary Routines, an interview project exploring the intersection between creativity and imperfection. She is the previous Deputy Editor at ArtsHub. Follow her on Twitter at @RoutineCurator