Google Earth sometimes makes mistakes: Freeways look like they are upside down or waterfalls flow sideways. For engineers or programmers, these might seem like things to fix. For artists like Clement Valla, however, they’re artistic opportunities. Valla’s project Postcards from Google Earth, for instance, looks at these mistakes and asks not how to get rid of them, but what they mean. “Artists help us to see things that you would think of as bugs in the technology world,” said John Maeda, president of the Rhode Island School of Design.
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Technology's Artsy Side
Posted by: Vivian Wagner November 20, 2013 05:00 AMGoogle Earth sometimes makes mistakes: Freeways look like they are upside down or waterfalls flow sideways. For engineers or programmers, these might seem like things to fix. For artists like Clement Valla, however, they’re artistic opportunities. Valla’s project Postcards from Google Earth, for instance, looks at these mistakes and asks not how to get rid of them, but what they mean. “Artists help us to see things that you would think of as bugs in the technology world,” said John Maeda, president of the Rhode Island School of Design.