Sam Lavigne

His work deals with technology, data, surveillance, natural language processing, and automation.

Born in San Francisco, Lavigne studied Comparative Literature at the University of Chicago.

Lavigne describes his work as "online interventions that surface the frequently opaque political and economic conditions that shape computational technologies".

[7] Selected works include Smell Dating with artist Tega Brain,[8] White Collar Crime Risk Zones,[9][10][11] The Good Life[12] and The Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas Hackathon.

[15] In 2018, Lavigne published a database of the names of nearly 1600 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) employees sourced from LinkedIn in response to the Trump administration's family separation policy.