For immediate release 01/01/05 / last updated: 10/06/2015

At 00.00hrs on January 1st 2005 an automated beacon began broadcasting on the web at http://www.automatedbeacon.net 

The beacon continuously relays selected web searches as they are being made around the world, presenting them back in series and at regular intervals.

The beacon has been instigated to act as a silent witness: a feedback loop providing a global snapshot of ourselves to ourselves in real-time. 

More information at: http://thomson-craighead.net/docs/beacon_sign.html

Happy New Year!

Thomson & Craighead.
http://www.thomson-craighead.net 

Jon Thomson & Alison Craighead are artists based in London who use video, sound, electronic networks and communications systems to create gallery and web-based artworks.