The 1 ⭐ Review Tour Browser Extension is a browser based artwork that filters reviews on Google Maps to show only one star ratings. By focusing on the poetics of failed expectations, the 1 ⭐ Review Tour Browser Extension shifts perspectives on the places you visit. 1 ⭐ Review Tour Browser Extension cuts the utilitarian connection we have with review systems. Instead of using online reviews to chose the five star option, we focus on the negative, as a way of engaging with the politics of rating systems and their power to influence real world spaces.
«This extension sucks!!!! Not even worth reviewing it. This browser based artwork shows only one star reviews on Google Maps. Unless you are trying to find the worst option for everything, this is NOT HELPFUL. Who wants to focus only on the negative reviews? The artists drivel about the poetics of failed expectations and the shift of perspectives. They think this is a good way to understand and challenge the power of rating systems. The browser extension is basically a shadow software-defined tourist agency that gives you a nightmare view of your favorite city. How is that going to help anything??!!
And to experience the 1 ⭐ Review Tour Browser Extension in the exhibition they make you lay on a mat on the floor. And look through a cushion. So awkward and uncomfortable. And you don't even get a massage.»
Photo: Franz Wamhof.