Facegrab
I helped cultural commentator and artist Nick Alden achieve his vision of a visualisation of the huge quantity of people who are signed up to Facebook and make information about themselves available.
The piece randomly generates a facebook username and uses the Facebook API to gain all public information available on that person. Typically enough information can be found to display a photo, full name, and country. It is concerning and thought provoking and has something to say to anybody that partakes in the Facebook revolution
“An interactive remediation of Facebook information made publicly available by the users and their chosen privacy settings.”
Nick Alden