WHAT WE SEE AND MAKE SEEN

Day: March 3, 2014

Glitch the map

Apple iOS Maps app is no good for practical reasons but making random artistic glitches. What is creating the futuristic effect is pictures mapped onto a 3D topography, some structures are too complex for the app‘s algorithms to handle. Peder Norrby (graphics company Trapcode) has collected the many failures on the Apple’s Maps app into…

Abu Dhabi + GULF: responsibility for the politics of its own production and distribution

G.U.L.F. (Global Ultra Luxury Faction) is a coalition of international artists working to ensure that migrant worker rights are protected during the construction and maintenance of museums on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi. Each time the Guggenheim speaks, its approach to migrant labour issues on Saadiyat Island sounds more like that of a global corporation than…

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