Small Batch: A Dataset Farmers Market (Berlin Edition)
31 January 2027 from 15:00 – 20:00
Buy fresh, store local. A market for artisan datasets.
About the event
Small Batch is a Dataset Farmers Market that features local and global artist-sourced, fresh, one-of-a-kind, small batch datasets for sale, trade, and giveaway available at our in-person market event!
OPEN CALL FOR VENDORS
Want to have a stand at our small batch market?
Apply now to become a vendor! Fill out the application form HERE to be considered for a spot.
Application deadline: December 8
We’ll let you know by December 18 if you’ve been selected.
Link
For more info and to see previous editions: https://smallbatchdata.market
BUY & SELL
Heirloom archives · Hand-picked text & image training sets · Locally scraped & personally cultivated collections · Ethically & unethically (?) sourced · One-of-a-kind, limited edition, rare & unique datasets
THEMES
Artisanal datasets · Offline Archives · Local files · Curated collections · Hand-picked documentation · Rare finds
FORMATS
Image files · Text files · Zipped files · LoRAs · SD cards · Thumb drives · Prints · Air-drops · One-of-one transfers · Email attachments · QR codes
PAST DATASETS HAVE INCLUDED
300,000 NYC one-way signs scraped from Street View · Mark Zuckerberg haircuts · thrifted 2009 iPod libraries · an artisanal dataset of pennies · four years of wheel photographs · a collection of traffic cones · locations of cats and power outlets · Sephora makeup reviews that mention crying · two years of virtual therapy · 26,000 images purged from Department of Defense websites · millions of leaked crime predictions · Instagram ads soliciting egg donations · a SQLite database of museum gift shop items · hand-picked personal data in sealed envelopes · my girlfriend as a JSON file · my 2006 to 2015 Facebook data · a decade of coat check stubs · childhood anime art · every image I’ve taken at a museum · icons on my computer · desktop worlds and splash screens · a rhinestone dataset · the Chiquita Papers · every Dilbert strip, 1989 to 2017 · love letters on Yu-Gi-Oh cards · halberds from the Met · a hand-drawn Rataset · Blingee archives · soon-to-be-useless Meta Spark project files · GoPro apartment-cleaning footage · skate sounds · a USB diary · manicured USB drives · how to delete Spotify
CREDITS
Small Batch: A Dataset Farmers Market is a project by Claire Hentschker. The Berlin edition is presented in collaboration with panke.gallery with Sakrowski & Noemi Garay.
ARTIST
Claire Hentschker is an artist based in Brooklyn. She co-runs LARPA, a studio and storefront in Bushwick dedicated to fostering experimental perspectives on digital culture and makes work about how images, archives and datasets get collected, stored and reused.