Our internet generation has induced a swift drastical change relating to our attitude to photographs. Thousands of photos are uploaded on the internet every minute, creating a visual noise around us. Most of them are from tourists. They take a shot of a certain spot again and again with the sheer purpose of them having their own, visual proof that they have been there.
PLA.net is a book presenting us the countries of our world with a little twist. Unlike the conventional atlases, we cannot find any pictures, maps and information about the world’s countries in it. It is rather a pool of internet images and representations of these places, the product of an averaging algorithm. This algorithm downloads the photos which have been uploaded in a given country needing no editing or manual intervention after that. In the end, these pictures show the true character of their countries expressed via the internet.
2018
Video of the photobook
Details of the photobook
.vu – image from the photobook
.ch – image from the photobook
.bs – image from the photobook
Spreads of the photobook
Installation view on 'Anatomy of photography', Rómer Flóris Museum, Győr, 2019.
Installation view on the exhibition 'PROPELLER III', Fotogalérie Wien, Vienna, 2023.
Installation views of the project