MTA Music by Alexander Chen
This falls under a fun experiment in music… Alexander Chen turns the New York subway system into an interactive string instrument. Using the NYC Mass Transit Authority’s actual subway schedule, the piece begins in real-time by spawning trains which departed in the last minute, then continues accelerating through a 24 hour loop. The visuals are based on Massimo Vignelli’s 1972 diagram.
Related, here’s a the London tube map created by Kyle Bean in colorful (colourful) drinking straws…
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~Dan – np: Florence + the Machine – Ceremonials
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