James Bridle

"The Iraq War: A History of Wikipedia Changelogs" (2010) est la publication en 12 volumes de tous les changements effectués sur l'article Wikipedia, the Iraq War.

Les 12 volumes papier couvrent une période de 5 ans, de Décembre 2004 à Novembre 2009, pour un total de 12,000 éditions réparties sur 7,000 pages.

Cet ensemble fait partie d'un projet explorant l'histoire et l'historiographie à l'ère d'Internet, en proposant de visualiser et matérialiser les informations, opinions, fils narratifs et discussions générées en ligne.

About the artist:

James Bridle
(UK) is an artist, writer, journalist, and publisher from London, UK. His writing on literature, culture and technology has appeared in magazines and newspapers including Wired, Domus, Cabinet, the Atlantic, the New Statesman, the Observer and many others, in print and online. He makes artworks and installations which have been commissioned and exhibited worldwide and on the internet. He regularly speaks at universities, conferences and other events. His formulation of the New Aesthetic research project spurred debate and creative work across multiple disciplines.

James has received an Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2013 and an Excellence Award from the Japan Media Arts Festival 2014. He has been shortlisted for the Future Generation Art Prize 2014 and won the Design Museum Graphics Design of the Year 2014.