Pavel Checkulaev

I was born in 1983. In 1996 I got my first PC. Since then, I have been closely watching the evolution of the digital world. My education, work and leisure are tied to internet technologies and MMO projects. I am interested in post digital, post internet and speculative design.

And my main focus is on the digital world in video games. Being directly involved, following other users and players allows me to explore this theme and analyze the influence that digital space has.

ARTWORK

Footprint
Installation / Net.Art

Each time you open any page on the Internet, different characteristics of your device (User Agent, IP, Cookie, etc.) are transmitted to the server. With this information, the server can create a unique footprint of your device, assigning it an ID to further identify you.

Based on the information received from your device, a program on the server writes the digital footprint to a database and, thanks to the p5.js library, visualizes it as an animated generative image. Thus, if you scan the QR code, your device becomes a co-author in the creation of their digital footprint.

Artwork Link
https://checkulaev.com/en/projects/footprint

Website
https://checkulaev.com/