today and tomorrow

Installed within a street light box usually used for advertising, the work adds an extra function that is inspired by street activities. The normal operation of the advertising panel is inverted, so that it becomes a receiver, reflecting what is happening in the immediate environment. Bruit rose (Pink noise in English) is a musical term that describes a random noise across all sound frequencies which is aesthetic for the human ear. The work visualises the ambient sounds in the environment as well sounds made by passers-by.

Light emitting numbers are usually used to divulge numerically formatted information. Here, they are appropriated from their didactic function and serve as an animated visual: disengaged from the gloss that usually occupies urban advertising space.

by HeHe