beatriz da costa projects workshops writing appearances

Current

Unfinished

MapYourCity

Preemptive Media

AIR (2006)
Zapped! (2004-2005)
Swipe (2002-2004)

Critical Art Ensemble

Prior 2002

Cello (2000)
Transgenic Bacteria Release Machine (as part of GenTerra)


ZAPPED !

2005

a project by

Preemptive Media (Beatriz da Costa, Jamie Schulte, Brooke Singer)

Zapped! takes a close look at -and a new approach to- the mass deployment of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). RFID is not yet a household name or a pervasive technology, but Preemptive Media predicts that everyday encounters with this technology (whether known or not) will soon be commonplace. Zapped! is an effort to learn about and respond to the tags that industry is embracing for product tracking, the government for border control, schools for attendance-taking and public libraries for automatic checkout.

Zapped! is always changing because it is custom-tailored to the burgeoning RFID industry. Preemptive Media is not encouraging paranoia with Zapped!, but rather participation and preparation!


View Project Website: www.zapped-it.net