Originally
published
on
05/30/03
"Suspended
Gardens
v2"
is
a
project
by
Alex
Dragulescu
launched
on
03/21/03,
the
day
after
the
war
in
Iraq
officially
started.
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The
work
is
supposedly
"a
hybrid
between
an
interactive
flash
game,
a
message
board
and
a
simulation
system."
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]
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Yet,
to
me,
it
seems
more
like
a
very
relevant
cross
between
a
virtual
memorial
/
graveyard
and
a
space
for
documenting
anti-war
protest.
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]
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The
work
is
essentially
a
virtual
garden
where
users
can
plant
one
of
three
plants
whose
growth
is
influenced
by
climate,
population
and
oil--symbolic
plants
in
a
unique
ecosphere,
possibly
planted
as
a
mark
of
respect
for
the
casualties,
possibly
planted
as
signs
of
protest.
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top
]
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Due
to
the
way
the
space
is
required
to
evolve
(i.e.
dependant
on
user
participation),
time
has
been
needed
to
allow
the
work
to
evolve
/
accumulate.
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top
]
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Two
months
after
its
debut
and
following
the
end
of
the
war,
Suspended
Gardens
are
now
well
worth
a
visit.
::
Garrett
Lynch::
[
top
]
Originally
published
on
05/30/03
"Suspended
Gardens
v2"
is
a
project
by
Alex
Dragulescu
launched
on
03/21/03,
the
day
after
the
war
in
Iraq
officially
started.
The
work
is
supposedly
"a
hybrid
between
an
interactive
flash
game,
a
message
board
and
a
simulation
system."
Yet,
to
me,
it
seems
more
like
a
very
relevant
cross
between
a
virtual
memorial
/
graveyard
and
a
space
for
documenting
anti-war
protest.
The
work
is
essentially
a
virtual
garden
where
users
can
plant
one
of
three
plants
whose
growth
is
influenced
by
climate,
population
and
oil--symbolic
plants
in
a
unique
ecosphere,
possibly
planted
as
a
mark
of
respect
for
the
casualties,
possibly
planted
as
signs
of
protest.
Due
to
the
way
the
space
is
required
to
evolve
(i.e.
dependant
on
user
participation),
time
has
been
needed
to
allow
the
work
to
evolve
/
accumulate.
Two
months
after
its
debut
and
following
the
end
of
the
war,
Suspended
Gardens
are
now
well
worth
a
visit.
::
Garrett
Lynch
::
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