Simon Weckert is the "Man" - Art at its best!
Google Maps Hacks
Performance & Installation, 2020
" 99 second hand smartphones are transported in a handcart to generate
virtual traffic jam in Google Maps.Through this activity, it is
possible to turn a green street red which has an impact in the
physical world by navigating cars on another route to avoid being
stuck in traffic. " #googlemapshacks
<http://www.google.com/search?q=googlemapshacks>
http://www.simonweckert.com/googlemapshacks.html
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-04/man-creates-fake-traffic-jam-on-google-maps-by-carting-99-phones/11929136?
On 7/2/20 3:36 pm, Andy Farkas wrote:
On 7/02/2020 2:14 pm, Paul Bolger wrote:
I picture Google's AI having a paranoid episode when the 'traffic jam'
approached the Google office: "The cars are coming to get me!"
The point the artist was trying to make was to show how much people
rely/trust the interweb.
Give me a Gregorey's any day!
-andyf
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