“THE DATASPRAYER PROJECT IS ABOUT MERGING THE DIGITAL AND THE PHYSICAL. It’s about making data more tangible and enriching the urban realm with layers of information that are normally inaccessible or hidden.”

-FUTUREFORMS

Datasprayer is an experimental urban mapping robot. It harvests geotagged datasets and symbols from maps found on the internet and “sprays” them back onto the city. The rover works autonomously to reveal layered palimpsests like crime, accidents, toxicity, flooding, social media trends, WiFi access, consumer ratings and more. Datasprayer seeks to weave the richness of the internet - including its precision and unpredictability - back into the city. 

Date: 2014
Location: Swiss Pavilion, Venice Biennale
Design: Jason Kelly Johnson & Nataly Gattegno
Team: Taylor Fulton, Camille Lo, Jeff Maeshiro