French artist's exhibition publishes every Google search she ever did


By AGENCY

Meunier has already published three volumes of her Google searches, and has recently opened an exhibition in Paris in which she has papered the walls of her gallery with those searches. Photo: Albertine Meunier

When French artist Albertine Meunier discovered in 2006 that Google was storing her entire search history, she decided to retaliate in a unique and "very boring" way: publishing it all in a book.

"At that time, it was difficult to access your own data, so I had to copy and paste incessantly," said Meunier in her small gallery in central Paris.

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