James Coupe's “Swarm” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2014, category Interactive Art. Explore 1 other work by James Coupe below.
*Swarm* takes the logic of social media—demographically organized communities based around common interests, habits and markets—and transposes it onto gallery audiences. Using four rows of monitors, the work generates competing panoramic representations of the gallery space that appear to be exclusively occupied by…
About James Coupe
James Coupe (UK) is an artist whose work is concerned with systems of observation and control. He has received numerous commissions, grants and fellowships from organizations including Creative Capital, the Toronto International Film Festival and the Mellon…
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