It happened in a protest for workers’ rights in Berlin, three years ago. German artist Simon Weckert opened Google Maps on his smartphone, saw that the application indicated a traffic jam, and understood that Google did not differentiate between cars and people. So he started planning an installation that would recreate what he had discovered. “I just needed smartphones, not people ”, tells EL PAÍS by video call Weckert, who got 99 terminals. He got about 40 from friends …
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