Spanish-English bilingual edition, 346 pages, 233 color illustrations.
About the installation:
Vectorial Elevation was a large scale interactive installation that transformed Mexico City s historic center using robotic searchlights controlled over the Internet.The sculptures, made by 18 xenon searchlights located around the Z calo Square, could be seen from a 10-mile radius and were sequentially rendered as they arrived over the Net.
The website featured a 3D-java interface that allowed participants to make a vectorial design over the city and see it virtually from any point of view. When the project server in Mexico received a submission, it was numbered and entered into a queue. Every six seconds the searchlights would orient themselves automatically and three webcams would take pictures to document a participant s design. An archive page was made for each participant with comments, information and watermarked photos of their design. A notification email message was sent once the archive web page was done.