Pedestrian Levitation is an 'abstract interface' between the pedestrian and the city. It was conceived after an observation of the movement of pedestrians around a rather odd pedestrian crossing in Brussels. The pedestrian use of public space is often chaotic, and sometimes unpredictably limitless. These observations were the basis of a reflection on urban design and the structure it imposes. A bird-eye video of the location was recorded and analysed frame by frame with animation software. The pattern that was obtained by this research was the basis of an installation in public space. White stickers were applied to the pavement and a nearby empty wall, visualising real movements while adding a poetic interpretation as well.


The Pedestrian Levitation Research video was featured on the Belgian Focus program of Argos Festival 2005, Brussels.
Video an images were featured on the Mind in Matter exhibition of OpenSource, Champaign, IL, USA. November 10- December 2 2005

This project was made possible with the support of the city of Elsene (Dienst Nederlandstalige aangelegenheden, Pascal Dufour)
Thanks to Ans Persoons and Patrick Burniat (La Cambre).