Quantify Me
Women & Their Work
January 14, 2011 - March 10, 2012

In a world where there is an “app” for almost everything, we often forget the ways in which technology simplifies — and also dictates — our lives. Artist Laurie Frick takes this idea to extremes, methodically using tracking devices for all facets of her life — sleep cycles, steps taken, computer mouse movement, daily moods — and creates intricate color-coded charts of both life’s most instinctive and indulgent actions. Utilizing a background in both engineering and technology, she creates art that treads along the borders of science. “I have been thinking about a future where everything about us can be invisibly measured and significantly added to my daily regimen in order to build a patterned language,” Frick says. “I’m convinced the way we unconsciously slice our time reflects the underlying structure of our mind.” For her exhibition, Quanitify Me at Women & Their Work, Frick builds hypnotic and hyper-detailed floor to ceiling graphs of self-surveillance using industrial and recycled materials. The works she creates give a visual perspective of the beauty in life’s details, both controlled and chaotic. For more information on Frick’s work and upcoming exhibitions, visit lauriefrick.com