A project by Sarah Newman

The 2020 version of the Moral Labyrinth was undertaken as the 2019-2020 artist-in-residence at Northeastern University’s Center for Law, Innovation, and Creativity.

As we all know, 2020 has been an unprecedented year in innumerable ways. The Moral Labyrinth is a continually evolving project that has taken a number of forms. Originally inspired by questions in technology around “value alignment”, the project addresses a range of questions from ethics to justice to public health. This version focuses on the difficulties we’ve faced, as a human species, and particularly in the US, this year. Due to the gravity of these questions and of the times we face, the 2020 version of the labyrinth is more like a knot — deeply entangled and complex.

The 2020 version of the labyrinth was designed in collaboration with Jenny Fan.

Visit the 3D labyrinth here
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All the questions in the 2020 labyrinth were created in a virtual workshop in June 2020, hosted by Northeastern University, and co-led with Mutale Nkonde. Heartfelt thanks to the workshop participants, who joined from around the world, for contributing their perspectives to the labyrinth: Amy Halliday, Carolina Rossini, Elizabeth Renieris, Gregory Wagner, Gülsin Harman, Hyunjin Seo, Jasmin Aber, Jay Mohanka, Jennie Rose Halperin, Joy A. Lo, Julia Turner, Karen Cardozo, Lance Eaton, Lynette Lee, Maria Esteva, Maritza Johnson, Raad Seraj, Rachel Chang, Ryan Smith, Sarah Chen, Thomas Vannatter, Timothy Kobba, Titiksha Vashist, Tonei Glavinic, and Toni Morgan.