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Advertising column at the intersection of Badenallee and Heerstraße.
Walking a Straight Line - Advertising Columns
2022, two advertising columns, each plastered with GPS cell phone tracking data of a mobile phone depicting the route to the other column, 380 × 360 cm

In Berlin two advertising columns, positioned in a direct line to each other, have been adorned with the cell phone tracking data of Ruben Aubrecht’s mobile phone. By following the positional data in the code, one can navigate to the respective other column. Movement profiles consist of a listing of location data recorded at continuous intervals. Longitude and latitude coordinates, along with the date and time of the phone, are stored in tiny text files. Using these individual points, the traveled route can be easily reconstructed as a line on a map.

The project was developed as part of the series "Stadt findet Kunst" and was supportet by the BESD II program of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district.

Advertising column at Sophie-Charlotte Square / Corner of Kaiserdamm
Route from Badenallee to Sophie-Charlotte Square. Distance: 2 km.