“Cyborg in Wi-Fi London” Performance and Exhibition by Jung-Hua Liu
My name is Jung-Hua Liu and fine art PhD student in University of Leeds.
My project aims to visualise urban Wi-Fi networks and study the link between technology and society. In my project, I assume Wi-Fi users as cyborg, the combination of human beings and machine (Wi-Fi access points and mobile devices), and my hypothesis is that Wi-Fi users will have construct cyborg identity by particular behaviour in Wi-Fi networks.
I will have an online performance and exhibition on http://fireant.itaiwan.net/cyborg_exhibition.php from 21 Dec to 25 Dec. I will walk around London and search Wi-Fi hotspots then upload the data to this webpage to create real-time colourful Wi-Fi landscapes. This performance will act in real world (streets in London) and cyberspace (colourful paintings). We will see how Wi-Fi networks are so popular in the city and become one important part of daily life and urban landscape. If you are interested in this performance and exhibition, you can go to http://fireant.itaiwan.net/cyborg_exhibition.php to obtain more information.
