Adam Hinshaw, Leon Cmielewski, Josephine Starrs: Floating Territories
Title:
Floating Territories
Artist(s) and People Involved:
Exhibiting Artist(s):
- Adam Hinshaw
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Leon Cmielewski
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- University of Western Sydney
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Josephine Starrs
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- University of Sydney
Symposium:
Artist Statement:
Floating Territories uses a series of screen based games to explore issues of migration, territorial boundaries and border protection.
A swipe card, issued to ISEA ferry participants, arbitrarily assigns a tribal allegiance and suggests an associated social activity. When the player swipes their card at the computer located on the boat, a game is activated that is moderated by the card’s particular code. The game also acts as a portal for participants to map their own personal family migration history, which leads to a visualisation of all previous players’ accumulated data.
