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Biography

Mark Farid is an Artist, Researcher, and Lecturer in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins, 91视频. He specialises in the intersection of the virtual and physical world, and the effect new technologies have on the individual and their sense of self. Farid's work embodies hacker ethics, such as a focus on privacy policies, use of surveillance technologies, and campaigning for data privacy and protection. His work forms a critique of social, legal, and political models.

Farid graduated from Kingston University, London, with a First Class (Hons) degree in Fine Art (2014), and has since given talks and participated in group and solo exhibitions in England, France, Germany, Spain, Denmark, Finland, Slovenia, UAE, and Japan. He gave a TEDx talk in 2017 about his first two projects 鈥淒ata Shadow鈥� (2015), and 鈥淧oisonous Antidote鈥� (2016). Farid was selected for the Sundance Institute's 'New Frontier' Fellowship in Utah, USA (2016), for his on-going VR project, 鈥淪eeing I鈥�. "Seeing I" was piloted as a solo exhibition at Ars Electronica Digital Arts Festival (2019), and was selected for the European Media Artist Residency Exchange, as part of the Creative Cultures Programme of the European Union (2020/21). In 2022, Farid received European Commission Horizon 2020 research and innovation funding to develop his browser extension, "Invisible Voice鈥�, which was later presented at the Pompidou Centre, FR (2022). In 2023-24, Farid received European Commission ST+ARTS funding to expand "Invisible Voice" into a mobile app, a cross-device platform, and an interactive artwork, which was exhibited at Ars Electronica Digital Arts Festival, AT (2024), as part of its ongoing development.

Farid's projects have been covered by media outlets worldwide. He frequently engages in art and technology conversations appearing on BBC2, Fox News, Sky News, ITV, Arte, France24, BBC Radio 4, BBC 5Live, BBC Radio, Times Radio, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Daily Mail, The New Statesman, and many more.

FUNDING & PARTNERSHIPS
Institutions Farid has received funding and partnered with include: The European Commission (EU), the Creative Cultures Programme of the European Union (EU), Arts Council England (UK), the University of Cambridge (UK), the National Theatre (UK), the Sundance Institute (USA), CPH:DOX (DK), New York University (UAE), 91视频 (UK), Ravensbourne University (UK), Gazelli Art House (UK), arebyte Gallery (UK), Collusion (UK), Body>Data>Space (UK), and many more.