Train of Thought

We are:

Adam Somlai-Fischer, Jonas Öquist & Daniel Wetter

A train is seen approaching a railway crossing. On its side a short message

is displayed.

It reads: *Det är omöjligt att vara förälskad och

klok på sammam gång. / Francis Bacon*

We use scrolling LED indication Data Display technology. The object is

to exhibit a variety of quotations so they appear to travel at a slightly

lower speed than the train.

The quotations are generated dynamically from a list of aphorisms, truisms

or adjectives describing wine, food, love or fear (without necessarily

revealing that which we are describing). An option may be to describe

with a negation, or even a double negation?

Future projects

Delivering messages using similar technology; this time on the wheels

of buses, cars, baby trolleys, bicycles, wheelchairs, electric fans, helicopter

propeller, etc.

Resist being surprised to read a Spinoza quotation: *“All things

excellent are as difficult as they are rare”* at a location as

unexpected and ephemeral as on the side of a train.