“TAGGED!� aims to raise the awareness for the still widely unknown RFID technology in public and to initiate the participation in the public discussion about RFID.
The installation consists of a large shelf and tagged everyday objects in it. When one of the objects is placed in the central empty cubicle of the shelf, associated information (picture, movieclip, sound or music collages) are being displayed on the screen above.
All objects have been stolen by the same lady, who now proudly presents her “trophies�. Each object gives a hint about where how or why it has been stolen. Spending more time exploring the stories, one is able to draw conclusions about the thief’s personality and her criminal career.
Tagged! is playing with irony as RFID is often used as an anti-theft device at retail, while the protagonist of this installation “misuses� it for the documentation and categorization of her personal stolen goods.
By Kerstin von Locquenghien, as part of her masters degree work in European media art (Merz Akademie, Stuttgart).