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It was mesmerizing. Mr. Doob had stripped away the function of the search engine—the utility, the data, the rush for answers—and left only the aesthetic. He turned a corporate logo into a playground. It was a statement on the fluidity of the web: Nothing has to be static.
I moved the mouse over the 'G'. My finger hovered over the trackpad. google space by mr doob
In the sprawling landscape of web-based art, few pieces achieve the deceptive simplicity and profound resonance of Google Space by Mr. doob (Ricardo Cabello). At first glance, it appears to be a minimalist gimmick: a black screen with a single, glowing Google search bar, set against a field of distant, twinkling stars. You type a query, press enter, and the word you searched for materializes as a massive, rotating 3D object floating in a cosmic void. But to dismiss this as a novelty is to miss its genius. Google Space is a brilliant, interactive meditation on scale, knowledge, isolation, and the strange metaphysics of searching online. It was mesmerizing
You can click and "throw" any element—the search box, the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button, or even individual links—to watch them bounce off the edges of the screen and each other using realistic 2D physics. He turned a corporate logo into a playground