Tara Kelton

Tara Kelton is an Indian-American artist living in Bangalore, India. Her work explores the evolving relationship between humans and machines, interrogating how individuals exercise control, decision-making and influence within digital systems and networks. Digital labor is at the center of her practice—she immerses herself in the workings of digital services and platforms, from co-creating with image production studios in India, to collaborative experiments with gig workers, to reimagining the functionalities of search engines.

Kelton’s work has been featured and supported by Hyundai Artlab, ZKM Karlsruhe, ArtForum, distant.gallery, Institute of Network Cultures, ICA Singapore, The Centre for Internet and Society, and the 2014 Kochi-Muziris Biennial.

Kelton is co-editor of Silicon Plateau, a publishing series that explores the intersection of technology, culture, and society in the Indian IT city Bangalore.