seeing_from_nowhere

Mark Jan van Tellingen graduated from the Sandberg Institute’s Design department. He creates visual investigations of the socio-political power relationships within the information society.

seeing_from_nowhere is a short film questioning the objectivity of data and revealing the often-flawed nature of algorithms and databases. The film deconstructs the myth of objectivity, which Van Tellingen frames as ‘a nowhere’ — an intangible position that enables the prediction and prevention of all risk.

Using metaphor and speculative scenarios, Van Tellingen comments on the power of data in society and re-imagines a society based on an alternative understanding of data.