The Art of Distortion = Internet
Do we exist outside the web? This is an internet usage map (2007 - go to link to see the animated version)
http://www.worldmapper.org/animations/internet_users_animation.html
Africa isn't there - although geographically it's bigger than USA and Europe together. A distorted real world. Our Matrix.
The web is here to distort the way of us seeing life, by seeing it free to serve, exchange, interact, more free than ever. Or not; here is a video of totally capturing New Yorkers' life, based on their Four Square check-ins.
http://vimeo.com/75413842
Are you sure we're free?
At least, the distortions we build, always carry food for art, like the Opte Project. Internet mapping as art, our collective masterpiece in a permanent collection of MoMA.
http://www.opte.org
