Fire with Fire

"The Downtown Eastside is the oldest neighbourhood in Vancouver; it is also the most run-down.
It is striking that the history of the Downtown Eastside began in destruction and disappearance. In 1886, soon after the city was incorporated, the Great Vancouver Fire swept down on the neighbourhood and razed almost all of it to the ground. The video installation Fire with Fire recalls this troubled period of Vancouver’s history. It also alludes to the neighbourhood’s present conditions by reminding us that many lives have been consumed there, worn down by years of homelessness, drug use, street prostitution, and violence."

The main point here is how the artist thought of the fire itself as part of the history of the neighborhood. It was created using 3 blu-ray players and 3 projectors.

Visualizing SQL Server 2008 Spatial Data

An interesting article on how to visualize the SQL Server 2008 new spatial data types (geometry and geography) through the Reporting Services Map Control and the ESRI MapIt product.

MSDN Magazine - Visualizing Spatial Data

The Hand from ABOVE

"Hand From Above encourages us to question our normal routine when we often find ourselves rushing from one destination to another. Inspired by Land of the Giants and Goliath, we are reminded of mythical stories by mischievously unleashing a giant hand from the BBC Big Screen. Passers by will be playfully transformed. What if humans weren’t on top of the food chain?


Unsuspecting pedestrians will be tickled, stretched, flicked or removed entirely in real-time by a giant deity."

I love the idea of thinking that there is some entity that will eat pedestrians in real-time in from of them :-D

AutoCAD in the cloud

Autodesk has recently unveiled a new product for the cloud, AutoCAD WS, a free-of-charge online DWG viewer and editor that is Web-based and powered by Adobe Flash, it also allows the editing of Apple iOS devices

A very promising web application that can fill a gap in (very) light editing and online viewing of AutoCAD DWG files through the cloud.

Urban Cursor

Urban Cursor is a GPS enabled object designed to facilitate social interaction and play in public space.

The object, which is shaped as an oversized 3-dimensional computer cursor (pointer), was placed on a square in Figueres, Catalunya during the cultural festival Ingràvid.

Urban Cursor is a project by Danish designer Sebastian Campion.


For me ... this is a very smart way to have a space identity ... and the link between the computer world to the space where the object is hosted is very pleasant.