'You are not here' is a project developed by a group of people to allow internet users to be in two different places at one time. This project starts with printing two maps. The users will be downloading two maps, one of New York City and another of Baghdad. The map of New York City is reversed and the map of Baghdad will contain several signs. They are to be printed in one page and by calling Tourist Hotline the users will be given audio-guided tours of Baghdad through the streets of New York City. The signs of Baghdad map mean must-see monuments.

The strength of this project lies in direct connection between two cities which everyone knows that can’t be related in a good way because of the 9/11 incident. Not only does this project create a big meta-city by overlapping two cities, it also tries to engage in political issue on collision between two different worlds. Their next project will be on streets between P’yongyang of North Korea and Seoul of South Korea. Since I am from that country, I can’t wait to see what they have done with it and what they are trying to say through the project.


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Review of 'You are not here' in Furtherfield Review
http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?From=Index&review_id=216

'You are not here' Project
http://www.youarenothere.org/