Grand Concourse Beyond 100: Live Wired (2009) - 3rd Place
**Live Wired will be on display at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, along with the other six finalists, until March 1st, 2010**
Press:
The New York Times, 11.2.09
The Architect's Newspaper, 8.11.2009
The Wesleyan Argus 9.25.2009
The Wesleyan Connection, 9.1.2009
A proposal for Grand Concourse Beyond 100 open ideas competition (sponsored by the Bronx Museum and the Design Trust for Public Space), Live Wired is an audio-visual nervous system for the Grand Concourse, using nodes to weave the long, thin boulevard into a tight-knit web of interaction, re-organizing the programs on the concourse into closer proximity to one another.
The nodes used in this web are varied, but all use surface ornamentation to reach a deeper understanding and connection for everyone who interacts with them. The inspiration for these systems comes from the decorative expression created by graffiti artists, which takes high-traffic, under-utilized spaces and makes them environments for personal expression.
The MTA Skyway, Bodega Broadcast Network, MTA m.i.c., Yankee Game-View Mirror, and the Concourse Connection website all work to facilitate specific avenues of communication. All of these comprise an overall schema for the concourse: a person-to-person infrastructure that also applies to the relationship between the Concourse and the rest of the world. The emphasis is on residents and their use of these systems to reach out to each other, cultivating chance interactions between individuals who might otherwise never meet.
Proposal Images, Text, and event Photos: Angus McCullough. Digital consulting and installation assistance: Henry Ellis
