49th St
A digitalized street scene created from a live video camera feed and real-time geolocation based data. In the digital age, a location carries the data that connects to our behavior and surroundings, telling stories beyond a sheer physical address.
YEAR: 2015 – 2016
COLLABORATORS: N/A
CATEGORY: Creative Coding, Generative Art, Data Visualization, Video Installation
TOOLS: C++, openFrameworks, JSON, Weather API, After Effects
CURATOR: Hans Tammen
(This video is captured and edited from a real-time generative process.)
The background video is recorded from a camera feed that was filming a street scene continuously for 12 hours while the image was processed in real-time based on the live sound data of the street. As a result, it generates the pulsing effect, indicating the activity of the street. In the foreground, the grass movement is controlled by the location based weather data that is obtained through OpenWeatherMap’s weather API.
49th St was premiered for the “The Arbitrary Art of Numbers” gallery exhibition at Made in NY Media Center by IFP, Brooklyn NY, December 3, 2015 – January 17, 2016.
Curated by Hans Tammen.
Feature and Interview on SinoVision December 26, 2015.
