+OR- is an interactive videoinstallation by fluido aka Antonio Giacomin in which the two symbols + and - are projected. Based on tweets containing the words "positivo" or "negativo" (italian for positive and negative) the dimension of the symbols increase or decrease the dimension based on which word has more tweets. The numbers count the daily tweets with the keywords. The public can intaract with the installation twitting on their account a message containing the words "positivo" or "negativo" and the message will compare in the installation after a few seconds and the respective symbol increase dimension.

“I started from the meaning of positive and negative, words, strictly connected to good, nice or bad, sad. But when we talk about HIV the meaning suddenly inverts. The open call for the World AIDS Day with the title more ore less positive (più o meno positivi) created a conceptual loop regarding the meaning of the two terms and the first thing I made was to observe their use on social media. The installation is very simple, the dimension of symbols + and - is conencted to the number of tweets containing the two words and opens a point of view on situazions, emotions, hopes, moments shared by thousands all over the world.”

You can download the application for mac o pc directly from the links below.

1st december 2011

Sala Bobi Bazlen, Palazzo Gopcevich, via Rossini, 4 - Trieste

+OR- application for Mac zip, 332 Kb
+OR- application for Windows zip, 313 Kb
+OR- application for Linux zip, 304Kb

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