Human Data Exhibition

What it is. An early-2010s Tech Interactive program on biometric data and self-quantification in everyday health, with Kaiser Permanente as presenting sponsor at $500K (2013). The curatorial period that seeded Body Metrics three years later.

The problem behind it. The “quantified self” framing had grown into a real consumer-tech category by 2013 but was almost entirely sold as personal-optimization content. The Tech wanted to do the version of this story that takes seriously what biometric data means clinically, behaviorally, and socially — not just whether you’re getting your steps in.

What I did. Curator and Writer on the program. Kaiser Permanente provided the presenting sponsorship and content review. My role was framing the curatorial argument: what counts as “human data,” who gets to read it, what people actually do with it once they have it. The work was mostly text and content design rather than fabrication.