Pattison Onestop [1] and Art for Commuters [2] will present Drift: Transients, a specially commissioned, site-specific new-media installation on all Pattison Onestop subway screens without interruption for 12 hours from 7:03 p.m. on September 29, 2012 for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche [3].
Scotiabank Nuit Blanche [4] is a free all-night contemporary art event held for one night in Toronto.
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Drift: Transients is a series of randomly generated animations based on GPS data from Toronto Transit Commission vehicles, and inspired by notions of flow and ephemerality.
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Custom software created by Toronto artist David Bouchard translates movement of TTC vehicles into an evolving origami-like triangle ribbon, revealing the travel patterns of people throughout the city.