Google Earth Art

Google's World by Alejo Malia on Flickr

Alejo Malia's series called "Google's World" represents some of the elements that we see in Google Maps in the realistic setting. I think that this series signifies today's way of using a map and, in a sense, that it is  not only a virtual reality, but happening in reality because, with GPS, Google Maps guides us as we move. Only thing is that we just don't see those icons in reality. But, this series intrigues me to put virtual icons into reality.


Space Junk Spotting by SAŠO SEDLAČEK

Space Junk Catalogue: KMZ File

Using Google Earth, the Slovenian artist created a catalogue of junk exist in outer space.The dilemma of this garbage dump is that the owners of space junk shirk their responsibility, but then they claim their ownership, thus it makes it impossible to clean up or recycle the garbage in space. The theme of his project is to question the limit of dumping garbage into space and the owner's responsibility of space junk, and suggest the possibility of recycling. Based on a database of a U.S. government-owned space observatory, he mapped the position of space garbage and the information of each piece of junk on Google Earth.

Stolen Identity

Aya Kowashi's facebook

My persona, Aya Kowashi, is a Japanese high school girl born and living in Tokyo. She's interested in cultural exchange particularly American (pop) culture. She only exists on facebook. 

The idea of creating my persona is a stereotype (I have) of Japanese girls. I have been overly thinking and analyzing Japanese girl's behavior I have few friends who are self-conscious and the problem I have with those girls is that they strive to look cute thought what they do doesn't appear to be cute to the others eyes. On her facebook, Aya uses many emoticons, hearts, stars, exclamations marks. She thinks adding those extra decorations are cute and will look cute to the others, too. But the fact is that Japanese culture tells girls what is cute and the girls just follow what the culture tells them, so "extra decorations are cute" is generated by the culture, not her true opinion. So, the behavior of Japanese girls is superficial and truly driven by their unconscious self-consciousness, and that's what my persona is.

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