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.

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 that 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. Our most recent release is the Misinformation Edition, which is dedicated to advancing digital and media literacy for all.

We work closely with the youth initiative What the Future Want, which has adapted and made the contents of The Glass Room Community Edition a thought-provoking experience for visitor of all ages. 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.