Ghost Project
Google Street View.
In this project, the concept of "Ghost" refers to individuals captured by Google Street View who seem to simultaneously exist and be absent, their images fleeting and detached from the real environment. This duality between presence and absence, reality and virtuality, has led me to question our reliance on technology and how it shapes our perception and understanding of the real world.
The original purpose of Google Maps was to help us better visualize our actions, serving as an extension of ourselves. In this Ghost Project, as I explore Google Street View maps, it feels like navigating through the twists and turns of reality. I consider Google Maps as my third eye, a tool to rethink the boundaries between the real and virtual worlds. Despite much of my life being heavily reliant on established rules and technologies, such as my dependence on GPS maps for navigation, when Ghost images suddenly appear on Google Street View, we instinctively dismiss them as mere computer errors or glitches, artifacts troubling our digital experience. Yet, what if these "errors" are deliberate? What if this digital reality distortion is, in fact, a concealed "truth"?
With the advancement of technology, we have entered a digital and virtual era. Perhaps our understanding of reality is being shaped and challenged by technological progress, questioning what we once considered real. Can technology alter our perception of reality and reshape our understanding of the surrounding world? How does our interaction with technology affect our perception of reality? Can we truly grasp objective truth, or are we always constrained by subjective interpretations and personal cognition? How much do we acknowledge the limitations of human thought and understanding?
I not only question the authenticity, but also question our questioning of authenticity.
Google Street View.
In this project, the concept of "Ghost" refers to individuals captured by Google Street View who seem to simultaneously exist and be absent, their images fleeting and detached from the real environment. This duality between presence and absence, reality and virtuality, has led me to question our reliance on technology and how it shapes our perception and understanding of the real world.
The original purpose of Google Maps was to help us better visualize our actions, serving as an extension of ourselves. In this Ghost Project, as I explore Google Street View maps, it feels like navigating through the twists and turns of reality. I consider Google Maps as my third eye, a tool to rethink the boundaries between the real and virtual worlds. Despite much of my life being heavily reliant on established rules and technologies, such as my dependence on GPS maps for navigation, when Ghost images suddenly appear on Google Street View, we instinctively dismiss them as mere computer errors or glitches, artifacts troubling our digital experience. Yet, what if these "errors" are deliberate? What if this digital reality distortion is, in fact, a concealed "truth"?
With the advancement of technology, we have entered a digital and virtual era. Perhaps our understanding of reality is being shaped and challenged by technological progress, questioning what we once considered real. Can technology alter our perception of reality and reshape our understanding of the surrounding world? How does our interaction with technology affect our perception of reality? Can we truly grasp objective truth, or are we always constrained by subjective interpretations and personal cognition? How much do we acknowledge the limitations of human thought and understanding?
I not only question the authenticity, but also question our questioning of authenticity.