on our way - take-home-art
Entertainment
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
on our way is a participatory art installation about leaving.
When you open the app inside a participating gallery, it records your walk
home — the slow line you trace away from the building, into the city, back
to wherever you came from. Your path is drawn live onto a gallery display,
layered with everyone else's, so the room slowly fills with the shape of
how people leave.
This is a small art project, not a service. There's no account, no
profile, no algorithm. You pick a color and (if you want) a name, you
record one walk, and that walk becomes part of an accumulating drawing
made entirely of paths visitors have taken.
How it works:
• At the gallery, the app shows you the recording screen
• Tap once to start. Walk wherever you're going
• The app keeps recording in the background — you can put your phone away
• It auto-stops when it senses you've stopped walking, or you can tap to end
• Your trail uploads and joins the gallery display
Why background location:
The app uses background location so your trail keeps being recorded once
your phone is in your pocket. If you don't grant background access, the
recording will pause when you lock your screen and your trail will be cut
short. We only record while you have an active session running — never
otherwise.
What we collect:
• GPS points during an active recording, every ~10 seconds
• A randomly-generated anonymous user ID
• Optionally, a display name and color you choose
We don't collect your email, contacts, photos, device identifiers, or
anything else. There are no analytics, no advertising, no third-party
trackers. The full privacy policy is at https://wewere.online/privacy.
This app is built for a specific gallery installation. Outside of that
context, there's nothing for it to do — the recording screen will appear
but your trail won't display anywhere visible. Find out where it's
showing at https://wewere.online.
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The developer, Spencer Chang, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Spencer Chang
- Size
- 24.1 MB
- Category
- Entertainment
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Spencer Chang