Latent data, processes, and networks are always present, but sometimes they must be consciously defined and visualised to be seen. This project looks at different measures of population at specific geographic points in New York City, including physical people, blog sites (registered to subway stations through an Internet-based social network), and online visitors to those sites.



This data was then mapped out in a three-dimensional matrix of rods, wires, and stretched nylon fabric in an effort to reveal the connections between real and virtual groups of people.



The array of mapped information was superimposed on a representation of the bedrock beneath Manhattan, revealing how geological formations allow people to densify in urban sites and thus generate the critical mass necessary for highly-wired populations.