A system that uses SMS text messages to reveal hidden layers of imagery stored across the city.

About

Passing Glances enables users to create ambient urban interludes through the use of SMS text messages. The system contains a wealth of keyword-associated imagery stored "in the city," revealed to transient audiences when SMS message keywords trigger the system. The mobile phone acts as an expressive device, uncovering hidden layers of the city to construct short-lived stories.

Process

Images are revealed to transient audiences when SMS message keywords trigger the system, making the mobile phone an expressive device that constructs short-lived, location-specific narratives.

Credits

Passing Glances was created by Cati Vaucelle, Katherine Moriwaki, and Sven Anderson under the supervision of Glorianna Davenport and Linda Doyle. It started as a collaborative effort between Cati Vaucelle, Glorianna Davenport, Alison Wood, Sven Anderson, Linda Doyle, Jennica Falk, and Katherine Moriwaki.