Social Bits Istanbul

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Cities are like nerve networks. They are as much formed of interactions among the cells (inhabitants) as they are about their physical nature and architecture. Life in cities is built on these interactions and it is an endless progression. The methods of interactions change, renew or evolve, but the underlying sociality endures. We create many bits of information during these chaotic interactions, information which is largely invisible to us. These bits can be seen as similar to the shadows of the people in the city. They cannot exist without the citizens; however, they are different from the people themselves. They contain some pieces of meta-information that is related to the citizens, interactions and city itself.

These meta-information clusters are clouds that cover the entire spectrum of the city, and they continually move, scale and transform. Today, we create the source information for these clouds on online platforms. We share our thoughts and experiences via social networks. This trackable information we create in virtual worlds merges into real life and becomes a part of our daily city life activities.

Social Bits aims to track the invisible information in shadows and explore the data clouds in the city. It researches on possible avenues of output and display for the information in the cityscape via media art. In “Social Bits İstanbul” exhibition, the inhabitants of the city and the visitors of the gallery will be a part of the cloud and contribute to the formation of the works.

h.oが2007年から提唱するコンセプト、「Social Bits」。
このアイデアを様々なアーティストに開放し、展覧会化しました。
h.oは、Kaazmidoriを展示。Sabancı Universityにスクリプトを埋め込み、このギャラリーのある大学にやってくるヴァーチャルなアクセスを表現しています。面白かったのが、この大学にやってくる膨大なアクセスもやはり、地域性が大きく関連しているということ。トルコ周辺国からのアクセスが多くを占めます。



Social Bitsという視点を生かしてどのような創造物を生み出せるでしょうか。
この展覧会は6月19日までイスタンブルKasa Galleryにて開催されています。