Nguyen Thi Thanh Tra

Nguyen Thi Thanh Tra

Hue city, Vietnam

The origin of cooking method

Hot pot, also known as soup-food or steamboat, is a popular cooking method around East Asia. It is prepared with a simmering pot of soup stock on the dining table, a variety of foodstuffs and raw ingredients being displayed near the pot that are ready to be cooked during the eating time. Hot pot meals are often joined by several people such as family members or colleagues who sit around a pot, talking and eating together. Each person chooses their favorite ingredients to put in the pot and take the food out by themself. Self-cooking and serving in the same pot, as well as eating instantly at the table is a characteristic dining style of hot pot. Due to the high popularity and the unique way of eating, hot pot has already become the major attraction of the tourism industry around Asia.

Looking for details at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_pot

Concept

Inspired by the popular Hot pot of East Asia – where I was born and raised, Data Hot Pot – is a fictional dish containing personal data ‘cooked’ in ‘technological pots’. Based on a strong connection with the special cooking methods of East Asian’s hot pot, Data Hot Pot will help users see how they are ‘cooking’ their personal data. The recipe below will lead readers to a special dining environment similar to a hot pot, where we are the ones who put our own ingredients – personal data – in a technological pot; but the paradox is, that we can’t take it out ourselves when it’s cooked and ready to eat – other people will be eating them instead of us.

1 0 0 1.  DATA HOT POT [Time. – About 24/7.]

Remarks –  This recipe is specially created for the “Google Pot”. But you should check how to cook your data with “Microsoft Pot”, “Facebook Pot”, “WhatsApp Pot”, “Apple Pot”, “Samsung Pot”, etc., in the Privacy Setting section.

ARTICLES. – Personal data such as Web & App Activities, Location History, YouTube History, etc.

DIRECTIONS. – Go to Manage your Google account > Privacy & Personalization> Ad personalization > Go to ad settings >

+ If your Ad personalization is ON – it means that your data have been tracked by Google and their advertising partners, go to Learn how to control the ads > Stop getting personalized ads from other ad networks > AdChoices (You will see who is tracking you and don’t forget to switch them off)

+ Even if your Ad personalization is OFF, still keep scrolling down to see who are still tracking you) > Click on Your Online Choices (You will see a bunch of companies that are still tracking you, and don’t forget to switch them off.)

About the chef – TRA NGUYEN

Tra was born in Vietnam. As a lecturer at Hue University of Arts, she mainly teaches and researches in the field of Media Art and Design. Currently, she is a doctoral researcher in Doctoral School, Hungarian University of Fine Art.

She participated in several media art and design exhibitions and festivals in Asia and Europe. By observing the transformation of various emerging phenomena in the everyday life, her research explores the new structures in society, culture and art, and it serves as a background for her artistic practice. She is currently engaged with an artistic research-based project related to cyberspace, digital capitalism and creativity in the age of AI and automation.

As a media artist, she has used various forms of arts in her works, such as design, photography, film, interactive media, installation, etc.

Visit her website at www.tranguyen.net