Steven Fei – Looking Outwards – 07

It is interesting to visualize a world from radiowaves. Through collecting WIFI signals, GPS information, and the radio-active data created by the built environment, the Dutch designer Richard Vijgen successfully constructs an “infosphere” in which people are able to see how the radio waves and dots are bounced back and forth under different network condition. What attracts me about this project is that under this digital tool, people are able to visualize how the radio signals are transmitted not only from a plan view but also from a person’s standing position. Moreover, such a way of navigation in any built environment has implied different network construction and social infrastructural conditions such as the satellite services and cell tower managements.

Meanwhile, the program allows diverse datasets to show on the screen, which creates the opportunities for different visual information to join and compose a dynamic drawing for artists to experience and observe the information-industrial world. What’s more, the real-time info software also provides the chance for people to see which area of the information traffic is busy or not to help guide people to explore into different worlds and places.

Click here to see the social influence report of the software

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