San Francisco
Hosted in Autumn 2019 with our partners Firefox, this large-scale exhibition of The Glass Room attracted 21,000 visitors in 18 days.San Francisco
Hosted in Autumn 2019 with our partners Firefox, this large-scale exhibition of The Glass Room attracted 21,000 visitors in 18 days.The GAFAM Empire: An exploration of acquisitions
GAFAM Empire is a project in which we look at all the known acquisitions conducted by five big tech companies: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft.The GAFAM Empire: An exploration of acquisitions
GAFAM Empire is a project in which we look at all the known acquisitions conducted by five big tech companies: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft.Capsule 3.0
This Capsule spotlights some of our partners worldwide. Check out their creative and unique adaptations, the inspiring events and trainings they organise and some of the ways they are championing media literacy in their communities.Capsule 3.0
This Capsule spotlights some of our partners worldwide. Check out their creative and unique adaptations, the inspiring events and trainings they organise and some of the ways they are championing media literacy in their communities.Misinformation Edition
Introducing new formats - the Outdoor and Easyprint - and new exhibits! This exhibition explores different types of misinformation, teaches you how to recognise it, and how to combat its spread.Misinformation Edition
Introducing new formats - the Outdoor and Easyprint - and new exhibits! This exhibition explores different types of misinformation, teaches you how to recognise it, and how to combat its spread.What the Future Wants
What the Future Wants is a youth initiative from Tactical Tech that aims to put young people in the driving seat of the their digital futures through education, co-creation and capacity building.What the Future Wants
What the Future Wants is a youth initiative from Tactical Tech that aims to put young people in the driving seat of the their digital futures through education, co-creation and capacity building.S+T+ARTS Prize 2022 Nomination
The Glass Room: Misinformation Edition nominated for the S+T+ARTS Prize 2022.S+T+ARTS Prize 2022 Nomination
The Glass Room: Misinformation Edition nominated for the S+T+ARTS Prize 2022.Data Detox Kit
A guide that provides simple steps you can take to control your digital privacy, security and wellbeing.Data Detox Kit
A guide that provides simple steps you can take to control your digital privacy, security and wellbeing.Internet-of-Things (IoT) Edition
The Glass Room IoT Edition explores the hidden aspects of everyday technologies and how they are changing the way we live.Internet-of-Things (IoT) Edition
The Glass Room IoT Edition explores the hidden aspects of everyday technologies and how they are changing the way we live.San Francisco
Hosted in Autumn 2019 with our partners Firefox, this large-scale exhibition of The Glass Room attracted 21,000 visitors in 18 days.San Francisco
Hosted in Autumn 2019 with our partners Firefox, this large-scale exhibition of The Glass Room attracted 21,000 visitors in 18 days.The GAFAM Empire: An exploration of acquisitions
GAFAM Empire is a project in which we look at all the known acquisitions conducted by five big tech companies: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft.The GAFAM Empire: An exploration of acquisitions
GAFAM Empire is a project in which we look at all the known acquisitions conducted by five big tech companies: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft.
What the Future Wants
Youth Adaptation of the Glass Room
An exhibition co-developed with young people, exploring the impacts of technology on society.What the Future Wants is a youth initiative from Tactical Tech that aims to put young people in the driving seat of the their digital futures through education, co-creation and capacity building.
They've launched online exhibitions in English, Albanian, Czech, Dutch, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Macedonian, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili and Swedish. More languages coming soon.
Find out moreUpcoming events
Madrid – Spain, Espacio Fundación Telefónica
June 15, 2023 – January 7, 2024 – Fake News. The news factory: Espacio Fundación Telefonica
Skopje – North Macedonia, Europe House Skopje
October 26, 2023 – December 26, 2023 – The Digital World - Personal Data Trap at Europe House Skopje
Oldenburg – Germany, Foyer and Learning Lab Library - University of Oldenburg
November 9, 2023 – December 7, 2023 – The Glass Room Community Edition — Making sense of the digital at the University of Oldenburg
Ljubljana – Slovenia, Računalniški muzej
November 10, 2023 – December 15, 2023 – The Glass Room Misinformation Edition at the Computer History Museum Ljubljana
Larisa – Greece, Joist Innovation Park
November 16, 2023 – December 16, 2023 – The Glass Room Misinformation Edition in Greece
Florianópolis – Brazil, CIA (Centro de Inovação ACATE) Primavera
November 24, 2023 – November 26, 2023 – The Glass Room at Social Good Brazil Festival 2023
Step into The Glass Room
The Glass Room is a public intervention that aims to demystify technology through immersive, thought-provoking, self-learning exhibitions. The Glass Room began as a large scale exhibition, traveling from Berlin to New York, London and San Francisco between 2016 and 2019.
Each Glass Room took the form of a space designed to look like a sleek tech shop, but where nothing was for sale. Instead, visitors found a place where they could freely and critically discuss technology. The objects presented explored data, privacy and our relationship to the technologies and platforms which have become so commonplace in our everyday lives.
Artworks produced as part of these larger Glass Room exhibitions are still touring around the world, with a current exhibition in Austria.
The Glass Room Community Edition
A growing need for public interventions and information about technology led Tactical Tech to design the Glass Room Community Edition – a lightweight, pop-up exhibition which is translated into 30 languages and can be shipped worldwide to community spaces, schools, libraries and festivals. We support our partners in creating critical spaces where communities around the world can join the global discussion around privacy, data and the impacts of technology on society.
The first release of this series was The Internet of Things (IoT) Edition; exploring the risks and benefits of the everyday technologies that we invite into our homes and lives.
Tactical Tech’s Youth & Technology initiative has adapted and made the contents of The Glass Room Community Edition a thought-provoking experience for visitor of all ages. The Glass Room Community Edition has been dedicated to improving media and digital literacy through the latest Misinformation Edition. Joint efforts with the Youth & Technology project have made all Glass Room content accessible and relevant for younger audiences.
Data Detox Kit
First launched for The Glass Room London, the Data Detox Kit has accompanied the exhibitions, distributed at the Data Detox Bar. The Data Detox Kit, in both print and online formats, provides visitors simple tip and tricks, so they can begin to take control of their privacy, security, and well being. The Data Detox Kit is freely available in over 35 languages, and offers articles on a diverse range of topics including health misinformation, screentime, and voter data.
An interactive version of the DDK for our younger audiences is also downloadable and available in multiple languages. The Detox x Youth is an activity book to help young people take control of their tech.
Upcoming events around the globe
Get Involved
Host Your Own Glass Room
The Glass Room has been slimmed down to a smaller edition in a pop-up format so that you can also host your own Glass Room event. This portable light weight low cost version has been successfully hosted in libraries, schools, conferences, and even metro stations.
We enable our partners to host Glass Rooms all over the world in a multitude of languages. Please send an email to events@tacticaltech.org if you are interested in hosting your own.
The Glass Room San Francisco included 5 different narratives: Trust In Us, Deeply Personal, Big Mother, Open the Box, and Invisible Labor.
Visitors at The Glass Room San Francisco.
Ingeniuses at the Data Detox Bar in The Glass Room San Francisco.
One of five narratives in The Glass Room San Francisco. This area was called "Big Mother".
An image of a piece called "Stealings Your Feelings" by Noah Levenson.
One of five narratives at the The Glass Room San Francisco called "Trust In Us" illustrating an object by Tactical Tech and designed by La Loma called 100+ Protests.
An object called "Quick Fix" by Dries Depoorter in the "Deeply Personal" section of The Glass Room San Francisco.
An object called "5000times" by Kiki Mager in the "Invisible Labor" area of The Glass Room San Francisco.
An object called "100+ Protests" illustrates how tech companies have grown and expanded their global reach, there has been increasingly visible backlash and resistance against their practices from both inside and outside the industry.
The Glass Room San Francisco took place in an old two story Converse shop in the heart of downtown on Market St.
The Glass Room San Francisco included 5 different narratives: Trust In Us, Deeply Personal, Big Mother, Open the Box, and Invisible Labor.
Visitors at The Glass Room San Francisco.