DIRTSCRAPER / Peter Burr (US)
Dirtscraper is a computational artwork telling the story of a decaying underground megastructure—a digital portrait of sick architecture. As the Dirtscraper simulation degrades over time, a variety of myths emerge. Through text pop-ups, members of its virtual community tell the tale of their surroundings, relationships, and mental health in an attempt to quell the constant noise of their precarious circumstances. Taken as a whole, the artwork emulates a collective body subjected to the inner workings of a gridded simulation: housing blocks are overrun by industry, residents are displaced, the individual withers. What remains is the story of a constantly kinetic city and the people that persist as its inhabitants.
DIRTSCRAPE by Peter Burr (US) received an Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2021.
Credit: Peter Burr (US)
DIRTSCRAPER / Peter Burr (US)
Dirtscraper is a computational artwork telling the story of a decaying underground megastructure—a digital portrait of sick architecture. As the Dirtscraper simulation degrades over time, a variety of myths emerge. Through text pop-ups, members of its virtual community tell the tale of their surroundings, relationships, and mental health in an attempt to quell the constant noise of their precarious circumstances. Taken as a whole, the artwork emulates a collective body subjected to the inner workings of a gridded simulation: housing blocks are overrun by industry, residents are displaced, the individual withers. What remains is the story of a constantly kinetic city and the people that persist as its inhabitants.
DIRTSCRAPE by Peter Burr (US) received an Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2021.
Credit: Peter Burr (US)