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March 25, 2013

Google Image Search Results, Abstracted and Animated

Google Image Search Results, Abstracted from R Walker on Vimeo.

In a Design Observer post some time back, I played around with Google Image Search results as independent visual objects, and have continued to collect these image abstractions on a dedicated Tumblr. When I learned that MoMA was soliciting one-minute videos via its Abstract Currents Vimeo group, it inspired me to convert my digital readymade collection into video form, and throw it into the mix. Here’s what I came up with: Click through to rate it or hate it. —Rob Walker

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By Rob Walker

Rob Walker is a technology/culture columnist for Yahoo News. He is the former Consumed columnist for The New York Times Magazine, and has contributed to many publications. He is co-editor (with Joshua Glenn) of the book Significant Objects: 100 Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things, and author of Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are.

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