Google Maps Hacks / Simon Weckert (DE)
99 second-hand smartphones, on which the route function of Google Maps is activated, are slowly pulled along a street in a handcart. Google Maps interprets this as a traffic jam and switches the road in the app from green (no traffic) to red (traffic jam). This virtual traffic jam in turn has an impact in the real world because Google Maps now redirects cars to a different route so that they no longer get stuck in traffic. Simon Weckert shows how navigation systems or apps like Airbnb or Tinder influence our perception of the world and how they influence our actions.
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ars.electronica.art/prix/en/winners/interactive-art/
Credit: Simon Weckert
Google Maps Hacks / Simon Weckert (DE)
99 second-hand smartphones, on which the route function of Google Maps is activated, are slowly pulled along a street in a handcart. Google Maps interprets this as a traffic jam and switches the road in the app from green (no traffic) to red (traffic jam). This virtual traffic jam in turn has an impact in the real world because Google Maps now redirects cars to a different route so that they no longer get stuck in traffic. Simon Weckert shows how navigation systems or apps like Airbnb or Tinder influence our perception of the world and how they influence our actions.
For further information please visit:
ars.electronica.art/prix/en/winners/interactive-art/
Credit: Simon Weckert