While researching aesthetics and cities I came across this guy. Bartholl studied architecture at the University of Arts in Berlin. He currently works on concepts about data spaces and locative media. In his space/media art projects he addresses the embodiment of digital characteristic traits in the physical space.
I found his project ‘Maps’ rather interesting. It questions the red markers of the location based search engine Google Maps. The sculpture he created here had a huge visual impact on the surrounding environment, especially when viewed in real life. The photo of the Plazes Pin on the left doesn't do it justice, looks fake. I like the idea of putting the virtual into the real.

This entry was posted by galina, on Friday, 23 March 2007. You can leave your response.