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The Parcel Project

by Johannes Bellinkx and Daan Brinkmann

17/10/2024

The Parcel Project is an art project and, at the same time, a journalistic experiment.


Encased within a postal parcel lies a discreet digital instrument, designed to capture audiovisual data from its surroundings. This sensory parcel embarks on a world journey.

The world of postal parcels encompasses a vast and expanding global landscape. Driven by algorithms, machinery, and human resources: this system aims for utmost efficiency.It has profound ecological and socio-economic impact. 


As consumers, we are the reason this world exists, as all our material possessions flow through it. With the digitization of shopping, products seem just one click away. Yet we only have limited insight into the reality behind the click, which remains largely hidden.


The Parcel Project is on a journalistic mission to change this, by explorating it from within. As a spectator, you’ll become the parcel. You’re teleported into spaces that are normally inaccessible to humans, traversing the intricate network of our consumer-driven society.