Matthew Erlebacher LookingOutwards-02

Robert Hodgin/flight404 “Taxi, Taxi!” 2/26/2016

The piece of generative art that I found to be the most interesting was “Taxi, Taxi!” by Robert Hodgin. The main thing that I admire about it is how much the piece has going on at once. The video has a bird’s eye view of a large city and has several glowing dots moving across the street (these presumably represent taxis). I also feel that it provides an interesting and meta perspectives on large cities. From the bird’s eye view you realize how large the city is and how many different people are moving around in it. One critique of the project that I would make is that it keeps cutting between shots. While cuts are good so that the audience doesn’t get bored they use this to often, and it becomes more distracting than anything else.