BOB BICKNELL-KNIGHT

Unattended Bag, 2018
Custom printed zip top handbag, 3D printed ABS plastic, USB drive, downloaded Facebook data, shredded newspapers
31 x 47 x 14.5 cm

Bob Bicknell-Knight’s sculptural work Unattended Bag (2018) takes the form of a custom made handbag featuring slogans from a Facebook advertising campaign launched in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, whereby it was revealed that illegal data harvesting on the platform had occurred on a world-wide scale during the 2015/2016 United States presidential election campaign and the 2016 Brexit vote. The unattended bag, referencing the continued threat represented by unattended luggage in public and private spaces, contains a number of shredded newspapers accompanied by a 3D print of Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg’s head. The attached USB contains all of Bicknell-Knight’s Facebook data from 2008 – 2018.

Unattended Bag has been included in the following exhibitions:

– State of Affairs, curated by Theodor P. Nymark. At Salon 75, Copenhagen, DK, 9th August – 15th September 2019.
– Trust Is The Ultimate Currency, curated by Bob Bicknell-Knight. At Harlesden High Street, London, UK, 22nd February – 13th April 2019.
– To cite a body, curated by Jack Smurthwaite. At Sluice HQ, London, UK, 12th January – 2nd February 2019.
– Total Power Exchange, curated by George Metesky. At Galerie Manque, New York, USA, 26th October – 18th November 2018.
– Terms and Conditions May Apply, curated by Bob Bicknell-Knight. At Annka Kultys Gallery, London, UK, 7th – 18th August 2018.