Locative Painting is an interactive web artwork that forms a painting on the screen where the strokes are giving by the participants according to their geographical position (zip code) creating so a locative media. The participant chooses a color and then a route is painted from the previous stroke location to the participant’s location on the screen, where his/her stroke is drawn. After participating, the person receives the painting image by e-mail where his/her stroke is highlighted and his/her name or zip code is printed on it. The work also sends a SMS message to the participant’s cell phone, when the event context allows that.

The interaction can be done in two ways: 1) by computer: www.locativepainting.com.br / 2)by cell phone: lp.art.br

There are many benefits and issues related to locative media. Its potentialities and implications have been increasing as locative and pervasive technologies develop. However, the intention of this work is to create awareness about a) how easy it is to be located regardless any technological device, and; b) to extract in some ways the poetics revealed by locations and their emerging digital connections.