access public records and make a 'data-work'

Identify an 'institution' which holds public records or information pertinent to your developing ideas, work or potential setting. Negotiate access to this 'institution'. Think about libraries, archives, internet sources. Devise a strategy to shape your research and compile a body of information generate a range of data (e.g. geographical, economical, demographical, historical, social, political, cultural, etc). In your studio, submit this data material to some form of intervention/manipulation. Carefully document this investigation and the ideas that arise from it. Present this as an artwork-in-progress next time we meet.

NB Some organisations will need to be approached in advance of your visit and you should plan your activities accordingly. You should also consider a number of lines of enquiry in case some approaches are rejected or need more time to pursue.