1. Databrella Project A proposal for wireless public art in Portland Real-time traffic, weather and twitter topics are mapped on the underside of a large umbrella. Mobile users interact, select topics, a message board, compose music or create collaborative compositions.

2. Objectives Provide useful information Bring joy and amusement Cellular and Position info Inspire collaboration Empowering

3. Databrella Concept An umbrella on Waterfront Park visualizes the “city cloud”Waterfront Park Shows traffic, weather, twitter topics, Collaborative, driven by cell phone app El Wire outlines streets, LEDs show status

4. Databrella Concept The umbrella would be about 25 feet in diameter and composed of elwire and 2,000 LEDs, changing colors depending on activity selected. The umbrella handle could resemble a small tree trunk, created from 1,000 recycled cell phones. They randomly ring with bird and animal songs.

5. Realtime VJ Concept Video projects on underside of roof. Gesture controlled by Kinect Visual performance, mixes city themes with viewer gesture MIDI (or MIDI over WiFi), controls VDMX 5 outputVDMX 5 Multiple themes

6. Interactive Technologies TouchOSC Open Sound Control AppTouchOSC Vernier sensors Arduino sensors Raspberry Pi Kinect and LeapMotion Modul8: Real-time video mixerModul8 VDMX: run video effects wirelessly from an iPad or MIDI controller.

7. Action Items An interactive sculpture that fits on a bike trailer An public artwork for 100 ft of sidewalk Interactive sculpture for a large umbrella All weather video interactive sculpture The $147 million Streetcar Project designated 2% for Public Art!

8. Interesting Projects thebaylights.org

9. A few links interactivearchitecture.org www.eyebeam.org lighttroupe.com www.dorkbotpdx.org scrappdx.org http://c2.com/~ward/ mmmlabs.com/w/ wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_art burningman.com/installations