Spectropolis projects are wide-ranging experiences from screen-based interactions to audio narratives and physical installations. Most projects will be presented outdoors in Manhattan's City Hall Park from 12:00 until 4:00 pm October 1, 2 and 3 unless otherwise specified. Spectropolis projects include a portable hearing device that transmits a soundscape responding to immediate surroundings, an artificial flower that indicates the availability of wireless internet activity through luminescent color patterns, a wired bicycle that chalks text messages from the web onto city streets and a computer station for free download of digital art ephemera. For complete project descriptions, follow the links below.

Spectropolis Participants:
Julian Bleecker
Jonah Brucker-Cohen and Katherine Moriwaki
free103point9 transmission artists Damian Catera, Matt Mikas, Michelle Nagai, and Tom Roe
Carlos J. Gomez de Llarena
Joshua Kinberg
Jeff Knowlton and Naomi Spellman
Karen Lee
Akitsugu Maebayashi
Eric John Paulos and Elizabeth Goodman
The DSP Music Syndicate (Ben Recht, Noah Vawter and Brian Whitman)
Trebor Scholz
Dodgeball + Glowlab

For more information about Spectropolis, please contact dana@nycwireless.net.

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council   NYCwireless   The Alliance for Downtown New York

Spectropolis thanks these organizations for their help: Bway.net, Wiselephant, Justin T. Molloy and jtmdsgn, B Squared Design, Starworks, and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation

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