Grafting Shock and Awe
Shadows From Another Place, by Paula Levine, is a series of hypothetical mappings which use GPS to imagine the impact of cultural and political changes that take place in one location upon another. The first of these is called Baghdad<>San Francisco. What if the bombs which fell on Baghdad had been destined for the American city instead? From we-make-money-not-art:
A mapping of the first US attack on Baghdad, in March 2003, is superimposed upon San Francisco. The sound heard is from the same event. The longitude and latitude of each bombsite in SF is marked using a GPS device, the same technology used to target site in the Iraki town. These sites are mapped, chronicled and documented with photograph of what's currently at these locations.
Interesting. I tried something like this a while ago, but this implementation is much more sophisticated.
Note Air Raid: http://jpk.silversand.org/artwork/air-raid.php
Posted by: Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg | 05/14/2005 at 23:27