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FLIPPIN' DOTS

Flip dots. The sound of travel. The sight of travel, too. Or at least the sight of travelling. They are the little mechanical pieces that form, or rather formed, the majority of airport and train station departure screens around the world. You will have seen them in action, when the whole screen you’re looking at decides to reorganise itself and flicker like water lit by the moon before it settles back into its more mundane role of information display. Their digital cousins are moving in, though. The age of flip dot is no more.

But we still associate the technology with the spaces of travel. That’s why Troika, the Russian art collective with studios in London, chose to use it for the new installation in the atrium hall at Terminal 5, Heathrow, entitled Cloud. Prepare to be mesmerised:

Categories Art Tags Art Installation Travel

By on 25/1/08