Ben Dalton is an artist and academic researcher trained in physics, electronics and communication design, who has worked on projects on distributed sensor networks and ubiquitous computing at the MIT Media Lab, USA, big screens and pocket screens in public space at Leeds Beckett University, UK, the aesthetic, ethical and spatial dimensions of the politics of data at the National Academy of Art & Design in Bergen (KHiB), Norway, and digital pseudonymity at the Royal College of Art, UK. Ben Dalton is currently investigating the theme of 'design for digital pseudonymity' at the Royal College of Art. Ben is a Principal Lecturer in the Faculty of Art, Environment & Technology at Leeds Beckett University, and is undertaking doctoral research as part of the UK Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Creative Exchange hub. Ben has recently shown work, given talks and run workshops on themes of digital identity performance and control, including the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) London, Foundation for Art and Creative Technology (FACT) Liverpool, FutureEverything Manchester, Today's Art The Hague, Abandon Normal Devices Liverpool, World Wide Web Conference (WWW2013) Rio de Janeiro, Sensuous Knowledge Bergen, and Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) Newcastle. Ben has a background in ubiquitous computing and mobile sensor networks from the MIT Media Lab and print design from Middlesex University, and has conducted research in the Århus University Electron-Molecular Interaction group, University of Leeds Spintronics and Magnetic Nanostructures lab, and Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, London. Recently he has been a regular guest Professor at the Bergen National Academy of Art and Design, and co-investigator on two UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funded research projects. He is also currently co-directing the Data is Political project in to the aesthetic, ethical and spatial dimensions of information and its relation to power, the production of knowledge, and construction of urban spaces.