Low Rez - Hi Fi

The pixel net. Individual pixels are suspended on 4 wires that both suspend the pixels and address them individually.

Low Rez engages the public by broadcasting digital imagery on the LED pixel net. The net is made up of 8000 LED pixels suspended by tension wires within glass vitrines. The glass vitrines occupy spaces perpendicular to the building facades and align to create a relationship between the inside and the outside. The pixels are custom designed and fabricated to be addressable, meaning that each pixel can be turned on or off individually. Working together the pixels make up a new "screen", capable of carrying a text or image as a video signal.

Hi Fi poles on site in Washington DC.

The LED net has a pixel pitch of 2.4 inches, making it a very low resolution image, but one where the spaces between pixels and the transparency through the screen allows for interactions through the vitrines. Low Rez carries a mix of images that can be controlled remotely. The normative condition displays the building address -- the numbers 1110 -- while a background image scrolls a pattern of ones and zeros. When a viewer approaches the vitrine, a surveillance camera captures their image, adjusts the contrast and sends the signal to the LED net. The "live feed" broadcasts the image on the net, forming a "digital shadow" in real time.

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