Google Maps invade Germany

Something weird is happening on the streets of Berlin. Red bubbles are appearing at points of interest and local services in the city, each with a single mysterious letter in the middle... what can it mean?

As much as i'd like it to be the internet breaking out of its binary prison and running amock on the streets, it is in fact the work of Aram Bartholl who was inspired by the little google map markers and decided to make one for real in the Berlin suburbs. Entitled Project Map, you can see pictures (and a video) of the construction process and the bubble in situ on his site. I love the blurring of boundaries between online and real life - a great idea made better because the completed article looks weirdly superimposed as if it is generated by a website:

There are a load of other great projects he's done along the theme of blurring boundaries, including a reinactment of the racing game Need for Speed by putting up red neon arrows on a city street and confusing pedestrians by installing pixellated boxes from the PC game Counter-strike on pavements:

His website (datenform.de) is in German. You can translate it using Babelfish, but the pictures speak for themselves.