Norimichi Hirakawa - DriftNet Interactive Installation, 2005

Almost all of people who live in this era must have ever listened a word "Net Surfing".The word "surfing" has some spatial nuance. And we use this word to compare our behavior on the inter-net though the web-like network that consisted by nodes and links never has physical value.

When I think about the word "NetSurfing", I found that we are net surfer who can't swim. In a different word, we are never free on the net without browser ready-made surf board.I think there are two important points. The one is our sense of depth to virtual world -inter-net world- that has no physical value. The other is the fact that there is not any interface except for mouse, keyboard and browser or display.

We interact by using all parts of our body with data-wave in this installation. The data that is browsed as contents in original way are loaded as only a enumeration. And familior display of browser become some abstract texture of wave. Then, next URL floating among the data-wave is selected by some condition of wave. And the data will surge against us as wave again. we can only play in the facing wave.We can call "Net Surfing" that happens in this installation not "surfing", but "drift".We keep on drifting on the net by relative speed of requesting to "www" and loading from "www".

More Info: http://counteraktiv.com/wrk/dnt/index.html

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• interactive
• environment
• internet
• body
• surfing
• browser
• drift
• interface
• topographical
• landscape
• space