Datagrove

source: jandannet

设计理念：“信息丛林”这个设计的灵感产生于当前城市中信息的飞速发展，它将无形中的信息和信息带来的一些氛围以及现象化为有形的、强度多变的光和声音。它为远近的那些具有深远意义的信息流提供了一个庇护所。林木是由发冷光的纤维制成，并且随着微风飘动，同时当游客接近它们时，它们会发出起伏的低语。当人靠的越来越近时，丛林会表现出一种独特的飘动的方式，这种方式就像是数据传输一样，表面无序，实而有序。

“信息丛林”由数字制造工艺制作，融合了诸如感应器、文字语音转换模块、LED和LCD等等定制的电子设备。这个装置能感应到人与装置之间的距离并且与之回应，而且，装置上也有Twitter的本地实时交流的设备，用来播放San Jose 的twitter状态，通过LCD显示器和扬声器以一种类似于波动的形式传递到“信息丛林”中，进而展示给观众。它的功能就像是社交媒体中的“悄悄话留言板”——很多可能对他人有伤害的信息被隐藏在每个人的智能手机当中。这个设计也希望能藉此引发公众领域对这个现象的讨论。.
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source: future-cities-labnet

Datagrove was a commissioned installation for the ZERO1 “Seeking Silicon Valley” 2012 Biennial. For three months is was located in the courtyard of the historic California Theater (home of the San Jose Opera). The Datagrove thrives on information from its urban environment. It renders invisible data and atmospheric phenomena into variable intensities of light and sound. It provides shelter and a place of calm to contemplate data streams from sources near and far. The grove’s luminescent fibers gently sway with the breeze and respond to the proximity of visitors with quiet whispering sonic undulations. It aggregates local trending Twitter feeds from San Jose and then whispers these back through speakers and LCDs displays woven into the Datagrove. It functions as a social media “whispering wall” that harnesses data that is normally nested and hidden in smart phones, and amplifies this discourse into the public realm.

Datagrove was produced using advanced digital fabrication techniques and integrates a range of custom electronics including sensors, text to speech modules, LEDS and LCDS. The installation is capable of sensing and responding to people in its immediate proximity.

Design: Jason Kelly Johnson & Nataly Gattegno
Team Members: Ripon DeLeon with Osma Dossani and Jonathan Izen, assisted by David Spittler. Fabrication: MACHINIC Digital Fabrication & Consulting, San Francisco.
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source: americansfortheartsorg

Datagrove is a multimedia installation by San Francisco based artists Future Cities Lab (Jason Kelly Johnson and Nataly Gattegno). By harvesting trending Twitter feeds from its local environment, Datagrove performs as both a social media whispering wall and a new type of community hub. It renders typically invisible data streams into variable intensities of light and sound. The grove’s magenta fibers gently pulsate and respond to the proximity of visitors with quiet whispering sonic undulations. Datagrove was designed to create a mysterious and meditative space woven into the rich fabric of downtown San Jose’s SoFA Arts District. The installation appears nested within the beautiful California Theater Courtyard, a formerly gated space that was transformed into a publicly accessible gathering area for the duration of the installation, from September 12 – December 8, 2012.The concept of this work is innovative because it uses architecture to transform invisible and intangible data into something that is visible and reactionary. The top five trending twitter keywords, updated in real time, are mapped to the five glowing pods within the armature. As visitors approach Datagrove, the pods glow brighter. When visitors are within 4 feet of a pod, as determined by proximity sensors, one of the top 5 trending Twitter feeds for the local zip code is spoken. The installation thus reflects the interests of the local community at a particular moment in time. For example, when the San Jose Sharks were playing at the nearby arena, sports terms were common, and the day that Justin Bieber was performing nearby, versions of his name appeared in all five pods.
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source: future-cities-labnet

Future Cities Lab is an experimental design studio, workshop and architectural think tank operating globally out of San Francisco, California. Since 2002, founding principals Jason Kelly Johnson and Nataly Gattegno have collaborated on a range of award-winning projects exploring the intersections of art and design with advanced fabrication technologies, robotics, responsive building systems and public space. Future Cities Lab is an interdisciplinary studio employing an adventurous team of interaction designers, architects, technologists, digital craftspeople, urban ecologists and more.

While we are deeply rooted in this community of vanguard innovators, makers and thinkers, we also practice, teach and exhibit our work internationally. Over the past ten years we have carefully crafted a company that is deliberately nimble, experimental and independent. For each project we assemble a unique team of experts to address the specific needs of our clients. Every year we take on only a few select projects that interest us most. This allows us to work with clients one-on-one and focus our design and research efforts on projects that matter most to us.
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source: abriefinfo

건축이 사회적일 수 있는가? 매우 민감한 보안 시스템과 시간을 표현하는 조명으로부터 스마트폰으로 연동되는 부엌 기구에 이르기까지, 디자인이 보다 인간의 생활과 밀접해 지고 있다. Future Cities Lab의 건축가들은 Datagrove라는 작품을 통하여 사회성을 표현하고자 하고 있다. 이 프로젝트는 임시 예술 설치물로 매 순간 소셜 미디어에서 진행되고 있는 데이터를 시각적이며 음향으로 표현하고 있다.