Italian artist duo Art is Open Source (AOS) discuss their latest project, REFF (RomaEuropaFakeFactory) which presents itself as a fake institution providing a variety of cultural products. It started out by investigating themes around intellectual property and cultural policy before extending to questions of freedom of expression. They propose the tactical use of location-based technologies and network-oriented practices in enabling people to re-code and write onto the world, creating layers of additional reality expressing individual interpretations of the cities and societies we inhabit.

Image: REFF Augmented Reality Pillboxes – QRCodes and Fiducial Markers, photo by Pau Ros, Furtherfield Gallery