FRAME captures the site of Calculating Empires, a large scale visualization of the evolution of technology as it intertwines with infrastructure and systems of power over five centuries. Calculating Empires centers on four themes: communication, computation, classification and control. Across the centuries, the work illustrates the shifts in communication devices, infrastructures, and computational architectures, and how they are entwined with the histories of social control and classification. The vertical axis represents time, beginning with the 16th century at the base. The horizontal axis features a collection of systems: from algorithms to architecture, bodies to borders. Navigation is flexible: you can follow a theme, a time period, or set of ideas.
Bon Voyage!
Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler, Calculating Empires, 2023, image via
