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Shaking
(An Odyssey of Yaoyao)
2021
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As our lives become increasingly dependent on location and mapping, isn't it time to question the continuity of spatial perception provided by maps?
Yaoyao, which means shaking, is a crude replica of the cartoon characters commonly found in front of Chinese grocery stores, a coin-operated vehicle that stays in place and provides children a short shaking “trip”. The website shows real-time information from a BeiDou satellite, but Yaoyao doesn't arrive anywhere because of the mapping problem.
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