Dec 1, 2015 7:44 AM

DATA DRIFT exhibition in Riga, Latvia

*Wow those photos of the attendees are so Latvian new-media tech art!

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http://lab.softwarestudies.com/2015/10/photos-of-data-drift-exhibition-curated.html

Data Drift exhibition shows data art and design

Curated by Lev Manovich, Rasa Smite and Raitis Smits (((

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