Moving around in a public space means travelling along
the grid network of streets
and boulevards where everything we come across seems
to exist for the purpose of
being visualized. This urban grid is superimposed on
a network of data that, although immaterial, is based
on the same nodal logic. Both are made up of intersecting
points and articulations of lines that enable functional
movement. The act of travelling outside the grid (be
it the urban fabric or the data array), of choosing
to proceed along parallel paths, appears difficult to
reconcile with that logic. This project aims at an exploration
that is contrary to normal use, as it involves plotting
transverse lines through the public space surrounding
VOX. Each of these trajectories will be in the form
of sound tunnels that will make it possible to move
from one point to another by passing through every looming
obstacle—somewhat like a wave passing through
solid material. Data collection and sound apparatus
will be developed to enable this virtual journey through
the neighbourhood, offering alternatives to its rectilinear
nature.

