Penal Systems Network is a relational map of controversial penal systems worldwide. Countries are connected by key juridical practices—death penalty, life imprisonment, parole, indefinite sentences, and amnesty—showing whether and how they are applied. This self-organizing software layout reveals both similarities and differences across regions, highlighting central and peripheral forms of punishment.

Research in collaboration with Zeyno Üstün.

Commissioned and exhibited at Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter in Oslo for “We Are Living On a Star,” January 30–April 27, 2014.