Fall Break: NYC

This is a 123ft wall of LED's created by IBM that was installed at Lincoln Center. The wall would rotate between various infographics about NYC's traffic, water pollution, solar power, and food. These images are from the infographic on solar power. The image is displaying how much solar power could be harvested if all of the buildings had solar panels. The buildings that are dark red harvest the most energy while the yellow ones harvest the least. There was a second part to the installation. IBM set up a room with double sided displays that were also touch screens. The walls were mirrored and they called it a 360 degree experience. First you would watch a 10 minute movie on how IBM is making the world a better place and they introduced five or six key words, or things that they are focusing on. After the video the screens would display one of the words and you could go up and interact with them. Some had images, some video.


This is a piece by Andrew Schloss (my dad's cousin). It was produced in a collaboration with Japanese artist Nobuho Nagasawa. She wove, or rather had some Japanese weavers, weave fiber optics (these are a 'special' type of fiber optics. Usually fiber optics only show light out of the tip of the fiber. Now they have fiber optics that show light out of the sides of the fiber, so there is an overall light, not just a dot) in the traditional style of kimono weaving. The fabric is then draped over a metal armature in the form of a rocking chair. The chair has an accelerometer attached to it, and a computer running MaxMSP. The accelerometer sends the data to Max, which uses the change in speed to control the volume of waves and the light coming out of the fiber optics. The waves were all recorded in the Pacific Northwest, where Andrew resides. The piece is currently on view at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in a show on water.