Moveable Art

I was in the New York Times building today and was memorized by the permanent lobby instillation by Mark Hansen and Ben Rubin called Moveable Type. This piece is a collaborative installation between New York artist, Rubin and UCLA Statistics professor, Hansen. The interactive piece captures writing from the New York Times, old and new, and displays them in various ways on hundreds of small screens.



The artwork is in a constant state of change because it reflects the up to the minute production of the news by the Times both print and online and draws content from life feeds, summaries of online page views and search activities as well as Times archives dating back to 1851.

What a cool way to mix technology and art it definitely made my rainy day a little better.