Google Maps Hacks. Simon Weckert
Channel: Disruption Network Lab
Date: 02/11/2020

ARTIST TALK · Google Maps Hacks

DATA CITIES: Smart Technologies, Tracking & Human Rights. 
September 25-27 2020

Simon Weckert (Artist & Designer, DE)

”99 second-hand smartphones are transported in a handcart to generate virtual traffic jam in Google Maps. Through this activity, it is possible to turn a green street red which has an impact in the physical world by navigating cars on another route to avoid being stuck in traffic.” #googlemapshacks

You’ve seen Google Maps Hacks on international news just earlier this year, now come see the methodology behind this project. Simon uses technology in the digital space to cleverly impact the physical space, all the while creating some playful mischief. 

Simon Weckert’s project ‘Google Maps Hacks’ won the Award of Distinction in the Interactive Art + category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2020.

20th Event of the Disruption Network Lab.  
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Credits: 
Disruption Network Lab Berlin - www.disruptionlab.org 
Live stream: Boiling Head 
Video: Gonzalo Rofso, Gabriel Rodriguez Alfaro, Ángel García Giménez. 
Graphic: Jonas Frankki 
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