HEAR/HERE TO SEE is an audio guided walk around the political heart of London through encounters with some of the algorithmic systems that impinge upon daily life. It is a project by Manu Luksch & Mukul Patel, commissioned for the City Songlines app for iphone.
To experience HEAR/HERE TO SEE, download City Songlines on the App Store and launch the app at the route’s start point on Parliament Square.
Image: Peer Lindgreen and Duncan Hamilton, BUG_P1, courtesy of the artists
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