Presentation of Networked Optimization (300 wpm)
Networked Optimization (300 wpm)
28 September - 2 October, 2016
Opening hours: Wed - Sun, 12pm - 8pm
Eastern Bloc
Eastern Bloc
Sebastian Schmieg [DE] & Silvio Lorusso [IT]
“Networked Optimization” is a series of three crowdsourced versions of popular self-help books. Each book contains the full text, which is however invisible, appearing as white text on a white background. The only text that remains readable is the so-called popular highlights – the passages that were underlined by many Kindle users – together with the amount of highlighters. Each time a passage is underlined, it is automatically stored in Amazon’s data centers. Produced for Sight & Sound, “Networked Optimization (300 wpm)” displays the books’ highlights through a custom speed reading software, adding yet another layer of optimization to both books and readers. Among the books with the most popular highlights, there is a striking number of self-help books. This points to a multi-layered, algorithmic optimization: from readers and authors to Amazon itself. Harvesting its customers micro-labour, the act of reading becomes a data-mining process.
Free
Sight & Sound is an annual festival organized by Eastern bloc bringing together Canadian and international new media artists. The festival presents hybrid, interactive, networked, and process-driven approaches, offering a privileged dissemination platform for emerging digital artists, alongside internationally established artists. The 2016 edition of the festival, PER CAPITA will highlight one of the most rapidly growing socioeconomic phenomena, that of the sharing economy, or collaborative consumption.
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