This time, Paolo Cirio has created a work called "Street Ghosts." Objects that look like life-sized humans have been placed extremely naturally in the venue of TOKYO MIDTOWN. They look like someone has taken some photos, printed them, and cut out the parts they want to use. So, who took the photos?

In fact, Paolo used Google Street View. He has "exhibited" photos of people as they were actually being recorded by Google Street View, putting them in the same places as the photos were taken. In this way, Paolo is uncovering the boundaries between public spaces and privacy. These ghost-like figures truly are symbols of "designed" information. These symbols of information are created by Google, us users of it, and a series of exchanges between algorithms that process the data automatically and mechanically. By re-"installing" them into the real world, the work asks incisively how we normally approach information on the Internet, and how we should.

Neither "Street Ghosts" nor "Asemic Languages" consist of materials their creators made from scratch. These artists ask how we should approach "designed information" or "information that has already been changed by someone." Although we have said "someone" here, there are also cases where there is no clear "will" involved, just like Google Street View and AI. Information we are exposed to has been organized, modified, rewritten, and designed. This has been done automatically, instantly, and in accordance with a program. There seems to be no room for human intervention. However, we do not just have to experience this "out of control" information passively. It is also true that actively using this designed information is making our lives richer and easier. Create your own "future" by swimming proficiently through the flood of information, and actively taking from it what's good and leaving what's bad. You'll find many hints about how to do that in the "OUT OF CONTROL Exhibition."