Sweet Data (2019) is an installation artwork concerned with the data economy and transparency in algorithmic decision making. The piece contrasts an enticing and traditionally care-free vending machine with the surveilance of an all-seeing digital camera, while leveraging the aesthetic of early flashing web-adverts to tempt the audience into exchanging their personal data for the chance to get a sweet.
Using 'artificial intelligence', the artwork asks the customer to consent to having their picture taken, and in exchange the machine will determine if they are eligible for a free sweet. Whether or not a sweet is offered, the machine provides a receipt for the audience to explain its obfuscated decision-making process.