type of work : tactical media intervention with iphone
what is it : armed with a transumer iphone, a mobile tool for a modern day insurrection, audience take solo journeys on foot in their city, placing gps based ‘tags’ that identify how they want to disrupt or intervene at a specific location.
who help make it : the work was developed in collaboration with sohan ariel hayes and pvi associates, jason sweeney and james mccuskey. transumer was developed with the generous support of staff and interns at hitlabnz including its director prof. mark billinghurst, senior research scientist dr raphael grasset, james wen and lars schneider.
a big thank you : matt adams from blast theory for his supportive critical feedback during this artworks development.

transumer is a site based intervention which encourages audiences to clandestinely take over their city. armed with a customized iphone programmed with augmented reality, participants are invited to roam the rocks, plot the end of their city and create networks revealing strategies for a modern day insurrection. 

inspired by an anonymous book written by the invisible committee in 2007 which is part anti-materialist manifesto and part manual for revolution, titled 'the coming insurrection', pvi activate the books' philosophies by instigating a mass experiment where people can risk everything and no-one gets hurt. as a tactical media work transumer aims to resonate beyond the site to affect on a personal and political level, transforming participants from passive consumers into would-be revolutionaries.

"in the misery of the present, 'fucking everything up' will perhaps serve as the final collective seduction" - the invisible committee

	transumer teaser ad - 1.5 minutes

with grateful thanks to the following sponsors & supporters:

this project is assisted by the commonwealth government thru the australia council, its arts funding & advisory board. the state of western australia has made an investment in this project through arts wa in association with the lotteries commission. this work was developed with this assistance of a pica r&d funding grant.