Non so voi ma io vado pazzo per le teorie cospirazioniste, possibilmente apocalittiche… credo che riescano a costruire narrazioni stimolanti e forme di storytelling che uniscono frammentazione e genere.
Il progetto A Crowded Apocalypse usa inoltre il crowdsourcing… vi lascio qualche descrizione e i siti per reperire informazioni
A Crowded Apocalypse is a net art project that exploits crowdsourcing tools to simulate a global conspiracy. The work exploits the fertility of network culture as a ground for conspiracy theories which, in common with many advertisements, are persuasive but are neither ultimately provable or irrefutable. How do you consider this piece relates to the larger theme of Invisible Forces?
In the Atlantean period there were many energies being used and information and knowledge being used which were, for particular reasons of safety, withdrawn, shall we say, to prevent complete catastrophe, to prevent total destruction of your planet
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David Icke, conspiracy theorist
Conspiracy theories are, by their definition, neither ultimately refutable or acceptable. In order to hold true, they rely on the acceptance that the full evidence is not reachable. They are based on a shared belief: the idea that each one of us is an unaware piece in a mysterious master plan.
Crowdsourcing, instead, makes this more transparent. Each user contributes to the creation of something which is bigger than the sum of each singular production. The final plan remains unknown, but it is actively produced by a large crowd.
IOCOSE has been drawing on crowdsourcing to hijack the collective imagination. From January until June 2012, the "crowd" has been assembling its own conspiracies and protested against their protagonists and effects.
A Crowded Apocalypse is commissioned by AND Festival and Furtherfield.
Critical reading:
Crowdsourcing a conspiracy, interview with Marc Garrett, published by Abandon Normal Devices, 27th June 2012
