Berlin-based artistSimon Weckertis fascinated by the digital world and its impact on humanity.
With his performanceGoogle Map Hacks, Weckert plays with the intersection of real and virtual worlds.
A video of the performance shows what’s happening online and on the street in real time.
As Weckert slowly rolls his wagon across a near-empty street, Google Maps follows along with a red line.
This traffic jam, because of the phones on the wagon, instantly has a real-life impact.
By hacking the system, Weckert is the one who’s actually in control.
This means that questions relating to power in the discourse of cartography have to be reformulated.
Instead of leading to increased democratization, this has resulted in fragmentations.
Simon Weckert filled a wagon with 99 smartphones to play havoc with traffic on Google Maps.
