My friend Werner Pfeffer kindly threw this link in my mailbox. And I was stunned—looking at my house on google.map with this kind of three word description of a specific 3-meter by 3-meter location.
What Chris Sheldrick is doing is not just sticking to a nerds hobby. It strikes me because it seems to connect poetical and political layers. He and his team have divided the entire planet into three-meter squares and assigned each a unique, three-word identifier, like famous.splice.writers or blocks.evenly.breed, giving a precise address to the billions of people worldwide who don't have one.
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So, this is where the title of this blogpost comes from. Because with SEGELSCHIFF.SCHWARZES.NEUZEIT you can put a sign on the door of the building where we will set up our StoryCamp 2024 in a few days. And even if this three word combination is random it starts playing with my mind.
Sailing Ship.Black.Modern Era. Its a bit creepy, I have to admit. The black sailing ship. Where are the colors? I feel that this ship is sailing in the past. And the colors will be carried in by the participants who will arrive soon. In this pure HEAR & NOW we want to celebrate.
Looking so much forward to seeing you all and get inspired!
By the way: In this TED Talk Chris Sheldrick explains the economic and political implications of giving everyone an accurate address -- from building infrastructure to sending aid to disaster zones to delivering hot pizza.
