[vimeo 39977472 w=500 h=281] With the recent arrival of our new issue, it's time to make way for the entrance of DB 18 into the vintage lineup. And what a grand entrance it is with Ralph Kistler's "Social Netwalks" serving as DB 18's first throwback contribution. "The video takes up the practice of data-gathering in a purely aesthetic context by filming a city square with a bird´s eye view where a wide number of different people stroll into town. The footage was analyzed and edited in order to organize the captured people in defined groups under specific characteristics." Ralph Kistler is a Munich-born freelance artist and temporary lecturer at the University of La Laguna, Spain. Though his main medium is video, his artworks often combine sculpture, video, electronics, interactivity and kinetic objects. He has been selected as an Artist in Residence at Seoul Art Space_Geumcheon in South Korea. this upcoming year. Check out Kistler's other projects at subtours.com. Click the video above to play or click here for "Social Netwalks"