The Plan: I380

I380 can also make art.

Cedar Rapids' decision to use traffic cameras not only impacts the city, but also impacts the drivers that cross through the city. With that in mind, let's expand the "cut-out" "black-out" method.

After looking at the photograph which randomly captures traffic on I380, I will choose 14 vehicles. I380 is a north/south interstate, so its 7 cars for North and 7 cars for South. Because laws very by state, CARS DO NOT NEED TO BE REGISTERED/PLATED/TAGGED TO PARTICIPATE.

1. 14 cars will be fitted with GPS tracking devises.

2. Tracking data will be processed by software which will "cut-out" anywhere the cars drive. If the cars do encircle a "definable area" such as a state park, small-town, county, or etc., then that area will be "blacked-out" and lost to the map.

3. This process will be observable in a real time rendering via a website.

4. At the conclusion, a stand alone artwork will be generated which represents the new map created.

In all this, there is nothing preventing drivers from choosing routes which will purposely black-out a region. Also, there is nothing preventing car owners from letting multiple drivers use the car.

It would be interesting to see how car owners react to the ability to nullify any place on the map by the creative application of driving routes!