Transportation
A Soundtrack of Income Inequality Along the New York City Subway
As the 2 train runs through neighborhoods of varying income, this musical data viz changes its tune and tempo.
Hey, remember when LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy tried to make music out of the NYC subway? That's sort of what artist-slash-programmer Brian Foo has done as a part of a new musical data-viz project. Foo translated the full 1.5-hour journey of New York City's 2 train into a 4.5-minute song that rises and falls depending on the income of the neighborhood the subway passes through.
"Stylistically, I want the song to exhibit the energy and orderly chaos of the NYC subway system itself," Foo writes.