Aaron Koblin

Aaron Koblin is my new favorite conceptual artist. His application of crowdsourcing and making non-integrated tangentially participatory people into data points that then form a cohesive piece of art is a forward thinking idea. I love the idea of the integration of art into peoples live whether they know it or not. The data that is being collected then transformed into art is amazing. Using data, things, anything in a non-conventional way in order to generate something new and progressive is great. The video of the flight patterns is simplistic in nature but when i was viewing it all i could think about is the kinetic nature of our species and how nomadism is an antiquated descriptor but in reality its still apparent in our day to day lives. He has lots of content online here are a few tidbits of goodness.
http://www.aaronkoblin.com/

Flight Paths over Atlanta from Aaron on Vimeo.

Bicycle Built for Two Thousand from Aaron on Vimeo.

Flight Patterns - Color from Aaron on Vimeo.