Nomadic Milk

July 12, 2010 11:13 AM

Nomadic Milk. Dutch artist Esther Polak uses GPS, white sand, and a robot to explore traditional versus industrial milk economies in Nigeria.
posted by shakespeherian (5 comments total)

Cool! I like how the farmers would recall oddities in their trips as they're replayed in sand in front of them, like how when the robot stopped for a few minutes he recalled being stuck in traffic for hours.
posted by GuyZero at 11:39 AM on July 12, 2010

I really like the fact that she included the thoughts and ideas of the people she documented in her overall understanding of the project. It sounds like they were able to draw quite a few parallels, as the actors in this, that she as observer would not have been able to see as clearly.
posted by librarylis at 6:00 PM on July 14, 2010

But think about it, shakespeherian--you only got two comments, but with seven favorites, that means you got 3.5 favorites to every comment in the thread. A decent ratio, surely? Until I turned up and messed it up.
posted by lapsangsouchong at 3:58 PM on July 16, 2010

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posted by homunculus at 12:00 PM on July 17, 2010

Forsooth, Shakespeare soothes cows and boosts milk
posted by homunculus at 12:11 PM on July 17, 2010