Population Control

This was an assignment to use ‘found footage’ and piece it together to make something completely different. The concept of the piece is this:
Taking the idea of the ‘noosphere’, the third succession of phases of development of the Earth, after the geosphere (inanimate matter) and the biosphere (biological life). For more information, see the thoughts of Teilhard de Chardin and Vladimir Vernadsky on the subject.
So the idea is this, what if Government’s etc started to use this idea of a global consciousness and in some way used social networking etc as a means of propaganda to control the global way of thinking?
However, as has been seen recently with the emergence of ‘hacktivist’ groups like anonymous and lulz security, there are ways for the general public to strike back.
Of course this piece is a little bit tongue in cheek, but it does raise some questions about just who is in control of the internet.

Many thanks to my Professor, 김태진, for this opportunity.

This work was chosen to be featured in this exhibition:

변화, 변화, 변화 : 파주로 가는 우회로
Trans-, Trans-, Transition : A detour to Paju City

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here’s a few photos from the opening night:

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