A Journey to Palmyra
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DOI of the original publication
Project type
angewandte Forschung
Project start
01.10.2017
Project end
31.12.2017
Project status
abgeschlossen
Project contact
Project manager
Contributors
Frischknecht, Max
Description
Abstract
A Journey to Palmyra is a critical aesthetic experience that seeks to disrupt our habits and rituals. The project involves two common elements that are embedded in everyday life but rarely questioned: on the one hand, media coverage of war, and on the other, navigation using Google. It represents a cunning way of questioning two things that have become commonplace. In a world of fake news, filter bubbles, and artificial intelligence, how prudent is reliance on a source of information?
Google Maps and directions are firmly embedded in our everyday lives. We use those services every day to find a location, route, or restaurant and navigate to our destination with the aid of a technological device. They suggest a world in which we are free in the selection and production of information, but how can we actually be certain that the information is objective or even correct?
Created during FHNW affiliation
Strategic action fields FHNW
School
Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel FHNW
Institute
Institut Experimentelle Design- und Medienkulturen
Financed by
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF)
Project partner
Contracting authority
SAP reference
Keywords
Aesthetic Experience
Media Coverage
War
Google Maps
Media Coverage
War
Google Maps