Conference Event:Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
The Sheep Market
- 24 Sept 08 15:00-15:30
Artist Aaron Koblin’s phalanx of 10,000 sheep, all drawn by random strangers through Amazon’s task-distribution mechanism The Mechanical Turk raises questions about the emergence of new labor systems in the information age -and makes you smile.
Aaron Koblin at PICNIC08: The Sheep Market from PICNICCrossmediaweek on Vimeo.
with:
• Aaron Koblin is one of the hottest artists around, focusing
on the creation and visualization of human systems. His
work ranges from the latest Radiohead music video to data
visualizations of flight patterns.
