Winterwerkschau 2023: Projects

r/place timelapse visualization

Project information

submitted by
Aaron Kammer

Co-Authors
Aaron Kammer, Mathis Künzel

Mentors
Prof. Dr. Bernd Fröhlich, Dr. Patrick Riehmann, M.Sc. Gareth Rendle, B.Sc. Lucky Chandrautama

Faculty:
Media

Degree programme:
Informatik (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.))

Type of project presentation
Exhibition


Project description

Sa, Su 12pm - 2pm

What happens when you give the whole internet a big blank canvas to draw on? A pixel for every person, every five minutes? In July, the social media platform Reddit hosted such an event over five days for the third time since 2017. The results were stunning and intricate artworks by internet communities across the globe. This final project for the Visualization course is a timelapse of the entire canvas history. It allows you to interactively explore the creation of hundreds of artworks. You can switch between visualizations to highlight the most contested areas and see communities compete for the tiniest bit blank space on this painting battleground.

Exhibition Location / Event Location

  • Marienstraße 7b, Raum 102