Art

Google Graffiti

Google’s ‘Street View’ may be useful at times, but the argument that it invades our privacy, especially those accidentally captured walking their dog, is forever valid. We prefer the “street ghosts” version by NYC based, Italian multimedia artist Paolo Cirio. Cirio has taken those blurred individuals, blown up their images into life-size posters and placed them around New York, London and Berlin, in exactly the same place they were captured by Google, turning them into graffiti street art. They are not only a slice of creative intelligence, but also make an effective point about our privacy being abused by big corporations. According to Cirio: “Our ghosts will haunt the servers of Facebook, Google, and Twitter forever. All the information that we leave behind us on the internet will be stored and traded in a shadowy digital hell.” Wow, well, that’s a way to put it. Look out for “street ghosts” coming to a street near you. Find out more about Paolo, and the project, at paolocirio.net.

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