[spectre] LANDSTREAM at Kio-A-Tao, Taipei, Taiwan

[Geert Lovink]

> From: lian duan wang <lianduanwang at yahoo.com>
> Subject: LANDSTREAM  at Kio-A-Tao, Taipei, Taiwan
>
> Olga Kisseleva's LANDSTREAM at Kio-A-Tao, Taipei, Taiwan Aug 20 - Dec 
> 20 2006
>
> "AS AN ARTIST, I AM INTERESTED IN THE WAYS PEOPLE USE ELECTRONIC 
> INFORMATION-GATHERING AND DATA-PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES TO VISUALIZE 
> OUR ENVIRONMENT. 
>
> MY WORK ASKS: HOW DO YOU TRANSLATE A CONTINUOUS FLOW OF DIGITAL 
> INFORMATION -- AN ONGOING DATA “STREAM” OF WAVES AND SIGNALS AIMED 
> ONLY AT A SMALL, SPECIALIZED SCIENTIFIC AUDIENCE -- INTO GRAPHIC 
> IMAGES, THAT ANYONE CAN “READ” AND UNDERSTAND?
>
> IN LANDSTREAM I WORKED WITH SCIENTISTS FROM AND RUSSIA, FROM SORBONNE 
> AND FROM STANFORD ON A NEW WAY TO REPRESENT THIS CITY. WE STUDIED THE 
> DENSITY, QUALITY, AND MOVEMENT OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS IN SAN JOSE 
> AND DEVELOPED AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM TO TRACK THEM. THE COLORFUL, 
> SHIFTING VISUAL IMAGES YOU SEE MAP THE DYNAMIC FLOW OF ELECTRONIC 
> INFORMATION THROUGH THIS LANDSCAPE IN REAL TIME.
>
> LANDSTREAM SHOWS YOU INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD 
> NORMALLY BE INVISIBLE TO YOU. 
>
> IT MAY ALSO MAKE YOU WONDER WHAT OTHER KINDS OF INFORMATION ABOUT YOU 
> AND YOUR ENVIRONMENT ARE BEING TRACKED, WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE?"
>
> OK