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The World of Warcraft (WoW) Project by Aram Bartholl

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"... The WoW project takes this mode of publicizing players' names that's typical of online 3D worlds and transfers it into the physical domain of everyday life. Participants of the WoW-workshop will be able to construct their own name out of cardboard and then parade around in public with it hovering above their head. What happens when a person's customary anonymity in the public sphere is obliterated by the principles operative in virtual worlds online? ..."

From http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/25/the-wow-project-by-aram-bartholl/ ...

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No wtf? tag? Or is that synonymous with Art.

written by BreaksTheEarth

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"What happens when a person's customary anonymity in the public sphere is obliterated by the principles operative in virtual worlds online? ..."

Apparently nothing

written by 9919

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the problem is in the real world everyone is already uneequly identifiable , unlike in wow and many games where people mostly look the same this is why in games you need to have a name tag. in games the name tag becomes as normal and only as noticeable as sum one in the real world waring different clothing ore walking in a different way.

so in fact people are just as anonymous in both situations.

written by westy