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GLOBAL 2020

Is the feeling familiar, when you look at a vinyl record (or a waveform of a sound sample) and kind of ‘see’ the music and also know in advance what to expect? This feeling took over many times this year when I was browsing for something specific on the internet, looking at the images in these web search results. A rolling mass of information in which I think I discovered repetition, some playfulness, mood and and in cases atmosphere. The results of these specific searches I stacked on top of each other, creating the images below. I would like to show these now in the form of an unusual annual evaluation. I selected the topics based on the hottest searches of the year.

2020 - Global

#1 Coronavirus

#1 Coronavirus

2020 - Global

#2 Election results

#2 Election results

2020 - Global

#3 Kobe Bryant

#3 Kobe Bryant

2020 - Global

#4 Zoom

#4 Zoom

2020 - Global

#5 IPL

#5 IPL

2020 - Global

#6 India Vs New Zealand

#6 India Vs New Zealand

2020 - Global

#7 Coronavirus update

#7 Coronavirus update

2020 - Global

#8 Coronavirus symptoms

#8 Coronavirus symptoms

2020 - Global

#9 Joe Biden

#9 Joe Biden

2020 - Global

#10 Google classroom

#10 Google classroom

Interesting facts

  • Final image of composed 600-1200 images
  • I took as many images on a given topic as the search engine allowed
  • An interesting change is that in 2020 I had access to fewer pictures.
  • Written in Phyton