Jai Sawkar – Looking Outwards – 9

For this week’s looking outwards, I am looking at Taisai Manheim’s Looking Outwards from week 2, in which he took a look at Taxi, Taxi! Taxi, Taxi is a generative project ny Robert Hodgin. It is a digital installation in the SEC, or Samsung Experience Center, in NYC. The project focuses on NY taxis, using Open Data to create real-time simulations of all the different routes different Cabbies can take. It uses a mix of coding, and also an Open Street Map that models NYC in 3d, to create this installation. I think this is super cool to see something iconic in NYC, the yellow taxis, and have the information these Taxies generate to see the flow of life and individuality in a completely different light. Thanks for the read Tai!