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A grid of nine photos showing raw egg yolks in various bowls. The images progress from a single yolk being cracked into a metal bowl to a blue bowl filled with over a dozen yolks.

Dina Kelberman's I'm Google is a visual game of Chinese Whispers

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Date
20 April 2015

This is an oldie but a goodie that’s been floating round the hive mind of the internet for some time. Dina Kelberman is an artist from Baltimore with a wide-ranging practice that encompasses all manner of online, IRL, video and installation experiments. The most accessible of her projects is I’m Google and consists of a vast archive of images culled from many hours of search engine experimentation. Dina arranges her scavenged imagery in an ever-evolving grid system in which each new image bears some slight reference to the last. In this way a visual game of Chinese Whispers is played out as squash courts evolve into egg yolks, which somehow transform into silly putty by way of orbs of smouldering metal. Very cool!

A browser window displays a Tumblr blog for Dinake Iberman. The page features a grid of photographs showing large-scale industrial landscapes covered in colourful synthetic liners.
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Dina Kelberman: I’m Google

A screenshot of a Tumblr blog page showing a grid of 12 photographs. Each image shows a different stage of installing underfloor heating pipes in various building sites.
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Dina Kelberman: I’m Google

A screenshot of a Tumblr blog showing a grid of 12 photographs. Each image depicts underfloor heating pipes laid out in various patterns across concrete floors during construction.
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Dina Kelberman: I’m Google

A browser window displays a Tumblr page featuring a grid of 12 photographs. Each image shows a different perspective of an empty squash court.
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Dina Kelberman: I’m Google

A screenshot of a Tumblr blog showing a grid of 12 photographs. The images feature various perspectives of table tennis tables and courts in bright, minimalist settings.
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Dina Kelberman: I’m Google

A grid of twelve photographs shows a small, glowing orange sphere placed in various everyday settings. The sphere appears in different environments, including resting on a table tennis bat, nestled among eggs, and sitting atop a block of foam.
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Dina Kelberman: I’m Google

A grid of twelve photographs shows a sequence of egg yolks being added to various bowls. The images progress from a single yolk to a large pile of them.
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Dina Kelberman: I’m Google

A screenshot of a Tumblr blog showing a grid of photographs. The images document a series of egg yolks being held in hands and bowls, ending with a bright green dyed yolk.
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Dina Kelberman: I’m Google

A browser window displays a Tumblr blog featuring a grid of photos. The images show hands manipulating various colours of slime, including blue, pink, purple and yellow.
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Dina Kelberman: I’m Google

A browser window displays a Tumblr page featuring a grid of images and videos. The content shows hands squeezing and shaping colourful lumps of clay or slime.
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Dina Kelberman: I’m Google

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About the Author

James Cartwright

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James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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