FWDrift *glisten), work in progress.

FWDrift *glisten) sets out to encounter and represent the city through a fleet of “expressive” cars fitted with sensors, software, and a custom-built integrated “skin” of LEDs (light emitting diode). This system of connective technology on the car’s surface generates moving light patterns in real time subject to sensor input readings from the physical environment: braking, accelerating, proximity. The abstract animated light patterns enact a comparison to a topographical live sketch or diagrammatic image; each represents an image-based encounter with city space. The cars track the topography of the city and generate a specific performance unique to that city’s environment