“Columbus 2.0” is a digital art by Michael Bielicky and Kamila B. Richter presented at Signal Festival 2024 in Prague, Czech Republic.
We are faced with a constant, exponential increase in information. As we try to navigate this sea of news, we feel a certain vulnerability, perhaps like Columbus once did when he set sail into the unknown waters of an endless ocean. The year 1492 marked the beginning of two diametrically opposed events.
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