While a conscience has developed
for environmental protection expressed
by energy efficiency, recycling, etc.,it is
easily forgotten that also digital media,
especially the internet, are using up a
lot of energy. The Flickrl rug represents
exactly this unconscious waste of energy
demonstrated by the picture platform Flickr.
On average 3500 pictures per minute are
uploaded, i.e. 1 million pictures every 5
hours. What kind of pictures are we talking
about, and what happens to them?
The Flickrl rug reuses 2000 pictures of
February 2, 2011, digital waste as we call it
which we wove into an visually appealing
surface. The result is a 4 m x 0,8 m rug
representing 30 seconds of internet activity.