December 22, 2004
Real Remote Guided
Controlled by web users
Real Remote Guided, by Antonio Lomas, features a subject who is "blinded" while the spectators / speakers on the internet and in the physical space, are able to see what the subject could see in normal circumstances.
GPS and web cam are combined with a laptop linked to the net through telecomunicaton systems (cellular telephony and/or wireless).
On the web page, the web guides see the images from the camera worn by the artist, as well as map images that define his location so that they can send him instructions, guiding him through a space of real intervention. The artist can only see the instructions sent by the users and the map images of the GPS system.
The idea is to represent, in a playful way, how new technological systems can take control. So, spectators are invited to take that control and to manage it. (Posted by Régine Debatty)
Posted by Regine at December 22, 2004 03:01 AM
