CONFLUX IS PRODUCED BY GLOWLAB
PROJECT INFORMATION
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| You Are Not Here (.org) is an urban tourism mash-up. This persistent game takes place in the streets of New York City and invites participants to become meta-tourists on an excursion through the city of Baghdad. Passers-by stumble across the curious You Are Not Here signs in the street. The YANH street-signs provide the telephone number for I added that -Mushon 4/9/06, 11:43pm the Tourist Hotline, a portal for audio-guided tours of present day Baghdad destinations in NYC. Through investigation of these points and with or without the aid of a downloadable map, New Yorkers are transformed into tourists of contemporary Baghdad. Site-specific access codes entered through the Tourist Hotline provide visitors with access to audio guides to the current site that they have discovered and instructs them how to further explore the city by referring them to YouAreNotHere.org. Through the website, visitors can get their own mashed-tourist map of Baghdad, NYC with a full tour guide to all of the must-see locations. You Are Not Here tries to expose the contrasts and the similarities between two mashed cities - an active representation. We are consuming global information on a daily basis: a tourist visit demands a higher level of commitment and identification with a place than a habitual commute. YANH provides participants with a fragmented tourist experience, which provokes a critical view of urban space and it's subjection to media and politics. | There is no participants number limit. People will use maps downloaded from the project's site or picked up at the Conflux HQ. People need to use their cell phones with them. No prior experience needed. It can be useful to check out the site but definitely not necessary. YANH is a persistant game and is already active in the streets on NYC. | ||||
© 2006 Glowlab Productions LLC .
i.a.: Christina Ray .
graphic design: Kurt Bigenho .
programming: Jeffrey Barke