ParallaxCities
Fall 2019
Inspired by experiences of urban drift as well as the idea of psychogeography, ParallaxCities is a mobile application and integrated space project that allows people to discover a city through the senses and from a different perspective.
The application connects two individuals, each with a different role. Their only way to communicate is through the exchange of words. Each city covered by the application has a traveling pavilion on which is illustrating a parallax of the shape of the city. The routes carried out in the application are drawn on the pavilions thus tracing the city explored.
This project is carried out as part of the course Ex-dimensional thinking and intervention: Pavilion project "Out of-scale", directed by Christophe Guignard.
Software used: Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop
In collaboration with Paula Raichman & Shanie Dorais
concept
operation
For there to be a connection between a pilot and an explorer, each must make a choice.
The pilot must choose a neutral card, knowing neither the geographical location of the card nor his year from a selection of predetermined cards based on the choices of connected explorers.
In addition to its actual location, the explorer must choose a pilot city, either its own city or another in the world.
The connection is made when a pilot chooses the map of the city selected as the piloting map by an explorer.
The pilot's experience comes down to giving route instructions in front of his screen, on which he sees the location of the explorer on the piloting map and thus creates a mental map.
During his journey, the explorer can share photos and audio with the pilot. However, considering the “selfie” era in which we live, where people only take fifty photos of the same thing for absolutely no relevant reason, we decided to limit the number of memories of a route; much like disposable devices with their limited film length.
By limiting access to the phone, we force the explorer to pay attention to the details that surround him and that he can fuel the imagination of the pilot.
pavilions
