Venue:Online
How do reviews shape our perception of places? The workshop 1 ★ Review Tour explores the history, impact, and political dimension of rating systems – from the first travel guides of the 19th century to today’s data-driven platforms like Google Maps. Together with the artists of Mediengruppe Bitnik, students from the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (HGB) and the Athens School of Fine Arts investigate how rankings, stars, and scores influence decisions and the power behind seemingly neutral numbers.
As part of the workshop, participants will install the browser extension of the same name, which only displays 1-star reviews – a shift in perspective that reveals everyday life through the lens of failed expectations. The workshop offers a critical and performative approach to digital rating practices and questions, among other things, how digital infrastructures are changing the relationship between tourist sites and their perception.
The workshop is open to all students and will take place online on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at 4:00 PM.
The event will be held in English via the WebEx platform.
Access to the WebEx room:
https://hgb-leipzig.webex.com/meet/blankOrganized as part of
(Un)Learning Digitalities – a program on the practice and theory of the digital by Joachim Blank
(Class for Installation and Space) and Fabian Lehmann (Büro für Digitale Lehre) at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, in cooperation with ASFA Athens. The workshop is part of the current project “touristification, overtourism” by the Class for Installation and Space.
The project is co-financed by the European Union and funded by tax money based on the budget passed by the Saxon State Parliament.
