On Both Sides of the Border
Google Street View, Two-channel video
2024
This work is publicly accessible on Google Maps.
Before 2023, only a few regions in Germany had Street View services, which had remained unchanged since they were first established 14 years ago.
In Google Street View, you couldn’t cross from the Netherlands into Germany.
By 2024, Street View services have covered the entirety of Germany, just like in other Western European countries.
Regarding the physical spaces that can be reached, and another kind of physical space online.
Regarding the interplay between visibility and invisibility.
This artwork establishes a series of photo points on Google Maps along the border between the Netherlands and Germany, in areas where street view services are absent.