iTube is a project where the virtual and real worlds merge. Art practice De Batterie brings their installation to S.M.A.K. What is the impact of social media, hashtags and pixels on our identity?
The young people of De Batterie came to experiment in S.M.A.K.'s laboratory, reflecting on the impact of social media, hashtags and pixels on our identity.
De Batterie is a participatory art practice that develops long-term artistic projects in Flanders and Brussels. It gives a voice to children, young people and adults from a wide variety of backgrounds, offering them a platform through art to interact with the environment in which they live.
iTube is a project where the virtual and real worlds merge. The youngsters experimented with photography, screen printing, audio, image manipulation and VJ-ing. This installation is the result. 50 people create a subjective portrait of each other based on a limited social media profile. What info do we include in our imaging? How does our created identity differ from reality? Discover this quest in an interactive installation..
