Database Imaginary is a really interesting collection of intermedia pieces. I had the pleasure of attending the ones in the Dunlop some time ago and really wish I could have experienced all of them. The website takes a bit to navigate but the works are so intriguing it is worth it. The most memorable ones to me are Swipe and Mobile Scout. Swipe consisted of an exhausting amount of research and collection of random personal information done by the artists. You stepped up to a counter reminiscent of a martini bar and had your id swiped. The artists then had a machine that printed off all the easily accessed information they had found out about you. It gave everybody goosebumps. Some participants they had no information on, most participants they had a wealth of general info, and some even had a map of where they lived! Mobile Scout is an imaginary space where you phone in where you are and what it is like, and you can make up every single detail to create this new landscape. Others have access to the information you submit, making the reinvented and imaginary spaces very interesting. Please take a bit of time to cruise these artists, it is very inspiring.
www.databaseimaginary.org
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