a 8 storey high kinetic data visualization sculpture, as a new symbol for the London Stock Exchange, consisting of a grid of 162 cables arranged in a square,. each cable carryies 9 spheres that are free to move independently up & down the length of 32m. the spheres act like animated pixels, able to model any shape in 3 huge dimensions.
the form & motion of the installation is determined by real-time stock exchange data. at the end of each day, the spheres fall into their resting place showing whether the market was up or down. see also balloons scatterplot. [ & |via ]