Connections

Cameron McNall and Damon Seeley have composed orchestrated patterns of color punctuated with blips, dings and other digital sounds actively "responding" to human movement, accompanied by the occasional bursts of the disco group Chic's hit song, "Le Freak."

• Artists: Electroland/Cameron McNall and Damon Seeley, Los Angeles, California
• Installation: 2008
• Materials: Interactive lights with sound; 140 feet by 28 feet
• Location: Pedestrian bridge

The artistic duo leading the L.A. based firm Electroland, was enticed by the human dynamics and traffic moving throughout the walking bridge at all times. McNall and Seeley set out to create what they call animated art–a combination of light, sound and proprietary movement-tracking technology. When someone enters the pedestrian bridge at Indianapolis International Airport (IND), a path of lights overhead follows that person's steps; once another person enters from the opposite end, the lights form a pattern spanning the distance between the two, serving as a visual cue of their "connection" by virtue of inhabiting the same space at the same time.