22.01.2007 by Zoltan

Is ‘curator’ a redundant idea?

Hack-Able Curator is an interesting idea whereby a robotic arm takes over the role of curator in a photographic exhibition. By using a combination of Flickr as the source and an SMS rating system, the project effectively hands control over to the user/viewer. Not only is this a very cool idea, but being able to affect an exhibitionis a compelling one indeed.

But obviously it could be anything that you are affecting, and the grander the scale the better the impact. Imagine if you could control the lights on a bridge? Rr what film gets played at your local cinema? or… whatever…