Artists Statement

GEOPOLITICS OF MEDIA PROJECT

Floating Territories uses a series of screen based games to explore issues of migration, territorial boundaries and border protection.

A swipe card, issued to ISEA ferry participants, arbitrarily assigns a tribal allegiance and suggests an associated social activity. When the player swipes their card at the computer located on the boat, a game is activated that is moderated by the card’s particular code. The game also acts as a portal for participants to map their own personal family migration history, which leads to a visualisation of all previous players’ accumulated data.

• Leon Cmielewski (AU) and Josephine Starrs (AU) have produced a range of video and media art projects which have been widely exhibited. Cmielewski lectures at the College of Communication, Design and Media, University of Western Sydney and Starrs lectures at Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney.
• Adam Hinshaw (AU)