pixel planet invites people around the world to participate in creating art on an electronic canvas the size of the earth.

pixel planet creates an electronic canvas covering the globe, and invites artists to create graphical images for it. an image displayed on a computer screen is broken into a pattern of pixels which either emulate a visual experience, or translate an encoded pattern of colour and intensity. in pixel planet separate computer screens take the place of each of those pixels, becoming the smallest single unit in a display which covers the earth.

to become a pixel, computer users will be required to geocode and register their screen with a central database. the images for display will be created by artists using a model of the earth's surface as a canvas. they are uploaded to a server, which pixellates them and assigns a pixel to each screen. a software application running on each registered computer receives instructions for when to display its assigned pixel. as more computer screens become available the resolution and completeness of the displayed images will increase. some inaccuracies will inevitably change the image between creation and dissemination; computer clocks might not be synchronised, the geocode might be inaccurate, the screen might be moved. these are not undesirable effects, demonstrating the essentially approximate nature of digital representation.