Living City Pulse
This pulse of the City Sleep
Light has an organic dynamics : its rhythm and
shape are similar to organic pulses like
heartbeat, respiration or braiwaves. As organic
animals, we humans are programmed to recognize
and be very sensitive to such pulses. We
interpret their dynamics as psychological and
physiological clues about the internal state of
the entity that produces them. Is it peaceful or
aggressive, excited or sick, anxious or
stressed ? The intuitive and unconscious
analysis of a pulse helps us get deeply in
contact with the internal state of its owner.
The City Pulse is slightly
different every night because it is influenced
by the general spirit of the city, considered as
a large living entity. For example, the pulse
will be different in periods of crisis or of
peacefulness, in a storm or in sunny weather...
The City Pulse has a sensitivity to the general
state of the city, as interpreted from a mixture
of socio-economic markers, like for example the
weather state and change, the air quality, the
amount of car and train trafic, the stock market
activity and level, the level of internet
trafic, the local news and events, etc... This
analysis may be done automatically by an
algorithm, or through daily human
interpretation, like it was during the Media Facades Festival
2010 and Fête
des Lumières Lyon 2011.
The City Pulse is slightly
different each night, anxious or stressed,
peaceful or excited, etc... and this daily
variation reinforces the feeling of empathy
between the viewers and the city.
Live City Pulses
Display the City Pulse on your
computer or on your smartphone !
The City Pulses that were set
up during the various occurences of City Sleep
Light are available through the internet, so
that you can display a City Pulse in your
browser on your computer's screen or your
smartphone and make your room and your window
pulse in sync with the city's sleep, or better :
pulse in synch with your city while walking in
the street ! You can connect to and pulse with
the sleep of the city where you currently
reside, or for travellers and expatriates, you
can connect to your home town and pulse in sync
with its sleep from the other side of the world.
Instructions :
• Select a City Pulse below
• Click on the fullscreen button
• Turn off the lights of your room : your room
pulses with your city
• Open your curtains : make your window pulse in
sync with your city
>Available live online City
Pulses
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