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This is a last minute thing, but if anybody is in or going to Ottawa there is a conference underway looking at movement in cities.<\/p>\n

May 1-5, 2006
\nCultures in Transit
\nGallery 115
\n100 Laurier Ave E., room 115, University of Ottawa
\n11 a.m. to 5 p.m. <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One project, by Toronto based artist David McCallum<\/a> is called Warbike: My project is a sonification of WiFi networks. Participants can sign out a bicycle and backpack that will make music based on the wireless networks the rider is riding through. It acts as a means of discovering the invisible human communications activity in a neighbourhood. The warbike will be available to the public throughout the week. There are other artworks of the public can take for a spin on the town, so I’d encourage people to come and play. <\/em><\/p>\n

Sometimes it’s fun to ride the streetcar with an open laptop and watch all the WiFi networks you pass though, and the weird names people give them. It’s another way to map the city.<\/p>\n

In 2002 Matt Jones started “Warchalking<\/a>” in the UK (where the term “Warbike” comes from), where networks were marked in public space using symbols based on old hobo markings. Warchalking in practice probably didn’t happen very much (I don’t recall seeing one) but it made quite a spash when he launched it. However, at a talk I saw Jones give in 2004 or so at the Design Exchange, he declared warchalking dead, as the Wifi cloud is big enough that one can assume a network exists in many places.<\/p>\n

All that is to say is Warbike sounds fun, and there are rumours it will come to Toronto soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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