PEDESTRIAN LEVITATION . NET
- AN ARTWORK
IN PUBLIC SPACE
by thomas laureyssens
OUTLINE | WORK PROCESS | IMAGES | DOWNLOADS | CONTACT
The creation of the work is based on the movement of pedestrians
on a pedestrian crossing in public space. Some pedestrians
walk only on the sidewalk and use the pedestrian crossing
for crossing
the street, other pedestrians freely make shortcuts on the
formally imposed trafic situation. Pedestrian
Levitation.net is an artwork in public space that reflects
on this movement. It visualises the real movement
of people, and adds a virtual movement based on the assumption
that
the mind of people is not subject to gravity or any other physical
limitations.
Irregular white triangles are applied on the sidewalk-
for the real movement, and up onto a high empty wall for the
virtual movement. The work creates a graphical layer above
existing architecture that acts as a interface towards movement
of thought.
The work flows from the pavement up to the wall of a building
or buildings. It creates a visual motion: when you walk into
the work, your visual senses are pulled to the directions of
the triangles.
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