October 19-21, 2018
Berlin, Germany
RYBN
RYBN.ORG is an extra-disciplinary artistic research platform created in 1999 and based in Paris.
Workshop
Offshore Tour Operator
"Offshore Tour Operator" is a situationist GPS prototype, orientated toward a computer assisted psychogeographic drift, that dictates the walk of the user through the ICIJ Offshore Leaks database addresses - including the Offshore Leaks, the Bahamas Leaks, the Panama Papers, the Paradise Papers.
The prototype exists in two version : a DIY open hardware version, using a raspberry pi 0 coupled to a GPS, and an android app.
The workshop consist of a dérive in the city using the prototype, searching for offshore addresses.
People walks in teams of two people searching for offshore companies physical addresses. Participants are encouraged to document their walks. At the end of the workshop, all participants gather and shares their walk and pictures.
Participants are asked to bring their smartphone and a notebook with pen or pencil.
Additional information and articles
- http://www.publicseminar.org/2018/07/psychogeographies-of-the-financial-imaginary/
- https://www.bzbasel.ch/basel/basel-stadt/wie-wandert-kunst-steuerfrei-von-hand-zu-hand-132677031
- https://tageswoche.ch/kultur/steuerbetrug-ist-kunst/
- http://we-make-money-not-art.com/offshore-tour-operators-lithium-landscapes-and-other-things-i-discovered-at-mutek_img/
