Paint Your Running Route with GPS Technology
Running routes recorded with GPS technology are transformed into dynamic, digital artworks.
Many would say trekking around an art gallery does not exactly count as a workout. I beg to differ. But it remains that art and exercise are worlds apart and I take my hat off to anyone who successfully manages to marry the two.
Interactive collective YesYesNo has collaborated with sportswear giant Nike to develop software which integrates with Nike+GPS data to generate abstract digital artworks. Runners' routes are recorded by a Nike Sports Watch and, based on the speed, consistency and unique style of each person's run, dynamic formations are revealed.
A two-day workshop was held to launch the Nike Free Run+ 2 City Pack, inviting runners to record their movements and use colours and composition to personalise their exercise artworks. They took home unique high resolution prints and a custom shoebox with their name, distance run and route laser-etched onto the surface.
It's not quite the first project of its kind, with rock band OK Go! unveiling a similar idea in partnership with Range Rover recently.
[Via Engadget]
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