Silent Image: The CityBeat Project

Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
School of Arts, Design and Architecture | Master's thesis
Location:
Date
2012
Major/Subject
Mcode
Degree programme
Master's Degree Programme in New Media
Uuden median maisteriohjelma
Language
en
Pages
103
Series
Abstract
The CityBeat project involves developing tactile information that embodies and communicates the heartbeat of Helsinki, Lisbon, London and Riga. The CityBeat installation attempts to reconnect people to their urban environment. We take a noise that represents the hustle and bustle of the city center and transform that noise in a place remote from the source. The transformation takes a tactile nature, so that people can physically feel the information. By comparing the city to an organism with its own heartbeat, we wanted to create an understanding that the pulse of the city is a collective contribution.
Description
Supervisor
Teemu Leinonen, prof.
Thesis advisor
Margaret Maile Petty, Victoria University, New Zealand
Keywords
Urban Studies, Tactile Information, Tactile Installation, Media Architecture, Interactive Design, Public Art
Other note
Parts
  • Media Lab Demo day, May 2010 Myymala2 Gallery, June 2010 Aalto Lobby exhibition space, January 2011 Lasipalatsi square, Helsinki, August-September 2011 Riga city center, November 2011
Citation