#328. Dartmaps to Appear in MOMA Exhibition

Posted February 22, 2008, 19:14 CET

My Google Maps real-time DART mashup, dartmaps has appeared in print in The National Geographic, on the radio on NPR and even on television.

All of these were as part of "tech" articles or programmes, appealing mainly to geeks and GIS types. However, now Dartmaps has entered the world of the arty farty. From February 24th 2008, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City are running an exhibition titled "Design and the Elastic Mind", which features Dartmaps as one of its exhibits. From the blurb:

The exhibition will highlight examples of successful translation of disruptive innovation, examples based on ongoing research, as well as reflections on the future responsibilities of design. Of particular interest will be the exploration of the relationship between design and science and the approach to scale. The exhibition will include objects, projects, and concepts offered by teams of designers, scientists, and engineers from all over the world, ranging from the nanoscale to the cosmological scale.

I'm not sure how Dartmaps fits into all that, but someone somewhere must have decided it does. The exhibit takes the form of a video recording of the site in action and a short descriptive text.

I couldn't make the opening party and I probably won't make it there to see it at all. But if anyone is in the city between then and May 12th, then be sure to pop in and take a gander :)

Comment from Justin Mason on February 22, 2008, 20:57 CET
holy crap, congrats! That's amazing.
Comment from Eman on February 22, 2008, 21:14 CET
That's fantastic, how do you, as an artist and a man respond to the use of your creative output in such a space? Do you think the nature of the viewing space semantically changes your original artistic intent?
Comment from Dave on February 22, 2008, 21:29 CET
It's a fucking disgrace that they passed over the the Ali G Translator.
Comment from IoEwe on February 23, 2008, 08:41 CET
Yes, but is it art?
Comment from Ste on February 25, 2008, 08:02 CET
You know, I think they should follow up with a performace art piece reconstructing the DingDingDing incident, complete with squashed tent and pile of cheap beer bottle detritus.
Comment from spacetweek on February 27, 2008, 13:00 CET
Yo MOMA.

No seriously, fair play, Dartmaps is some good shit. In 1,00000 years, when they build the other two DART lines, will you add them?
Comment from mackers on February 29, 2008, 14:31 CET
Sorry, I can't respond to any of these comments, I'm an artist now, and will consequently only be circling in artists' circles.
Comment from Ste on March 6, 2008, 18:13 CET
I don't care what circles you circle in, as long as you go "Dingdingdingdingding" while you circle your circles.
Comment from Tee on April 10, 2008, 15:38 CEST
Someone in my company Openet just e-mailed the link around. We're absolutely nowhere near the DART though, but everyone enjoys watching it stand still for ages at stations.
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