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Superconsumers - Franz Alken
What happens when a computer programme starts buying and selling stuff
on Internet auctions like ebay autonomously? That is the key question
of the Superconsumers project. The programme, called the “Bot” has a
special preference for objects that fit within a specific consumer`s
role, just like the spending pattern of a housewife differs from that
of a single yuppie. The stuff the Bot has bought are exhibited for a
short time. Thus digital values are translated into tangible goods. And
vice versa, since the Bot sells them again after a while to buy new
ones. In this way, commonplace products are temporarily translated into
works of art.
Visit the project by clicking on the link Superconsumers
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