Is that bench following me?

The Junction (an art and music venue in Cambridge) has announced a cool public art project. They’ve got seven proposals for a hi-tech art installation outside the Junction building, and (I think) are going to put it to public vote. The proposals include a huge mirrorball on the top of the roof, which the John Travolta in me thinks would be cool, and an electronic billboard populated with pics taken by Cambridge residents on their camera phones.

But the best idea is the “flock” of powered, singing bins and benches! How cool is that? Street furniture which is sentient, and reorganises itself!

I’m looking forward to seeing what they go with.