FLOW is a city-wide public art project that reveals how the ordinary activities of citizens affect the health and future of the White River water system. Designed by visual artist Mary Miss in collaboration with many civic, art, and education organizations in Indianapolis, FLOW uses physical installation, an audio guide and a web app to explore and reveal the city’s water systems.
The project gallery is coming soon,
in the mean time visit the project website: www.flowcanyouseetheriver.org
Project management (and some design work) by Lee Altman at Mary Miss Studio
Grassroots Mapping was developed by Jeff Warren of the MIT Media Lab‘s Center for Future Civic Media, as a series of participatory mapping projects involving communities in cartographic dispute.
On October 20th, we brought Grassroots Mapping to Beijing, working with architecture students from the University of Hong Kong who are studying Beijing’s 2nd ring road.
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With a New York City Parks Department permit, and the Weather Underground on our side (well, at least it didn’t rain), the first Eco-Pod Armada was finally launched into the East River!
Check out the pictures on the project page (video coming soon).
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The pod prototype was taken to the Brooklyn Bridge Park for a first test-launch. The sun was shining, innocent bystanders seemed intrigued, and the pod finally met the water. And so did we.
The water was a bit wavy, and the rocks posed some challenges for our little boat.
So, back to the drawing board…
Wish us luck with the next (and public) launch, tentatively scheduled for Sunday, December 6th (pending Parks Department approval).
Save the date and cross your fingers for a sunny Sunday!
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A Prototype of the Eco Pod is being constructed in Brooklyn.
Plants will be introduced when it stops raining and we can go back on the roof.
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The Eco Pod Armada project went to Boston to celebrate with the Awesome Foundation and the Boston Urban Exchange. Here are some photos from the first half of the evening, last Friday night at NERD, courtesy of Reed.
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A fleet of aquatic phytoremediation interactive mobile pods is about to be launched 
onto the East river. Each pod will be built of a remote-controlled speed boat, wooden rods, a fishing net, hydroponic plants and some duct tape.
This is all done with the amazing help of the Awesome Foundation in Boston.
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Temp:: is always under construction. Please check back soon.
