Art Exhibition

Institute for Information Literacy

The Institute hosts an annual art exhibition, Information and Democracy: Education, Access, Libraries, and Society (ID:EALS) Art Exhibition, which is composed of works that highlight information issues, such as misinformation, information privacy, and other unethical uses of information.

2023 ID:EALS Art Exhibition

On Thursday, April 13th the Institute held its inaugural art exhibition Information and Democracy: Education, Access, Libraries, and Society (ID:EALS) in the Chris & Michelle White Cornerstone Reading Room of the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education Library at Purdue University, West Lafayette.

The juried show featured artists whose work explores significant threats related to our information environment. These works raise questions about information surveillance and privacy; challenges to democracy and our educational system; the omnipresence of information technologies; the relationship between misinformation and racism; and more.

The ID:EALS exhibition will run until April 24th, 2023. The Institute will seek submissions for next year’s ID:EALS art exhibition in fall of 2023.

Invasion of Privacy

Invasion of Privacy | 2018

Sabrina J. Barilone

Earthenware, plywood, underglaze, glaze, acrylic, steel

28″ X 17″ X 17″

Husk Doll | 2019

Michael Dinges

Smartphone, coaxial cable, monofilament steel

30″ x 15″

Husk Doll
Truth is Borne from Education

Truth is Borne from Education | 2022

Clint Eccher

Acrylic on canvas

20″ X 16″

Don’t Outsource Your Thinking | 2022

Clint Eccher

Acrylic on canvas

20″ X 16″

Don't Outsource Your Thinking
Media Keys

Media Keys | 2018

Jason Stout

Oil on canvas

30″ X 30″

Resources and Discourses | 2018

Jason Stout

Oil on canvas

30″ X 30″

Resources and Discourses
Structural Indifference (on/off)

Structural Indifference (on/off) | 2021

David E. Weed

Junction box, 12V parts, powder coat, chrome fasteners

8″ X 14″ X 4″

Innocent System (on/off) | 2022

David E. Weed

Junction box, 12V parts, powder coat, chrome fasteners

8″ X 14″ X 4″

Innocent System (on/off)
Watchers II Limestone Cliffs

Watchers II Limestone Cliffs | 2020

Mark Warpenburg

Oil and wood pulp mix on shaped canvas with PVC armatures

24” X 24” X 5”

… And We Went to the Same High School? | 2018

Sarah Nesbitt

Pigmented inkjet print

28″ X 24″ X 1″

... And We Went to the Same High School?
Sentinel: Security Blanket

Sentinel: Security Blanket | 2017

Matthew Mosher

Digital print on microfleece

80″ X 60″

What Scares Me #1 | 2023

April Maybee

Ink on paper, sequins, canvas, wood frame, thread

40″ X 30″ X 1.5″

What Scares Me #1
2-Ply: The Sh!t Show That Was 2020

2-Ply: The Sh!t Show That Was 2020 (12 Pack) | 2021

Nikyra Capson

12 out of 52 toilet paper rolls sewn from fabric printed with commentary and news articles collected during Covid

4′ X 4′ X 3.5′