Art

Large balloons with two-dimensional bar codes are installed in multiple locations in Cambridge, MA. Passers-by can take a picture of the floating bar codes using their mobile phone application which reveals the information about a location of a detention center or a public execution site in North Korea and the distance to the site. By bringing the locations typically perceived far and remote into our urban environment by means of spatially embedded hyperlinks, mobile network and computer vision, this project attempts to challenge our perception of distance and relevance.