“Memopol-2” by Timo Toots received the Golden Nica in the Interactive Art category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2012.
_Memopol-2_ is a social machine that maps the visitor’s information field. When an identification document such as a national ID card or a passport is inserted into it, the machine starts collecting information about the visitor from (inter)national databases and the Internet.
About Timo Toots
Timo Toots (EE), born 1982, studied computer science at the Tartu University but never graduated. Instead he studied photography at the Estonian Academy of Arts.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.