https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Andr%C3%A9-lez-Lille

by Kyo-Hyun Kim — Jul 24, 2019 / 10:15

Saint-Andre-lez-Liles, small town in the periphery of Lille, in the northern part of France. A Wikipedia article shows where the town is localized, but no further information is available. Information, etymologically meaning to form a shape: how does the digital space form our reality ? If information from the digital world participates in forming our real world through diffusion of informations based on the reality, what would the lack or excess of information mean for reality?

Kyo-Hyun Kim, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Andr%C3%A9-lez-Lille (Green Space), 2019

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Susanna Flock

by Susanna Flock and Students from École nationale supérieure d'art de Bourges

Curated by Wikipedia Random Article Generator

Developing a critical understanding of current political and cultural developments conditioned by media technologies is important for budding artists.

During an experimental workshop by Susanna Flock at École nationale supérieure d’art de Bourges, the students were asked to think about random topics assigned to them by chance.

Media competence seems to be one of most crucial assets in the age of »filter bubbles« and »fake news.« Inspired by the articles of the »Random Article generator« of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia the students created the following artistic contributions.