PDPal, Screen Shot 2, 2003 Virtual Museum of Canada
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PDPal Web interface screen shot with the cute PDPal orange animated figure.

PDPal, Screen Shot 2, 2003

Images in the Series: PdPal allowed people to download a basic 'official' map of the Times Square area onto their PDA devices. Then, using the 'tool-kit' that comes with that map, viewers could plot their path through the area, making note of the details that catch their eye. Many were broadcast on the Panasonic Astrovision board in Times Square. PDPal welcomed the details of everyday life that did not fit onto official maps and images, letting the individual be the author of the unofficial map. The image represented here is of a PDA with a map overlayed with icons on the screen.This image is of the PDPal information panel located in a bar/restaurant.PDPal Web interface screen shot with the cute PDPal orange animated figure.

PDPal, begun in 2002, is a collaboration of New York City based artists Scott Paterson, Marina Zurkow, Julian Bleecker and Adam Chapman and was co-commissioned by the Walker Art Centre and Creative Time. A downloadable application for a PDA, PDPal is a tool for mapping a collective portrait of a city. It is produced with the assistance of Lem Jay Ignacio, Michael Sarff, ORG, and Kelly Evans.


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