Laurie Frick, an artist from Austin, Texas, is developing an app that collects a user's location data from a smart device and turns it into abstract artwork.

FRICKbits, which is currently under development in Kickstarter, is a free app for the iOS. Its algorithm takes a smart device's location data and generates an artistic pattern on the user's screen.

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The abstract art is dynamic, meaning it modifies itself when new data is recorded over time as the user travels. Tapping on the screen will show the artistic pattern FRICKbits creates or the actual geographical map.

Frick goes for the visual as she seeks to extract meaning from and comprehend patterns of self-tracking information and to set it free.

The artist's goal for the application is to recover public data and use it as the individual chooses.

"But instead of agonizing about every big corporation tracking us ... take back your data and make it something good. Use technology to boost a little self-reflection. Not ugly graphs and charts ... but genuine art," Frick wrote on the Kickstarter page for her developing app.

FRICKbits can retrieve any kind of data to create an abstract pattern. Frick was even asked by thirteen23, the Austin-based mobile application developer, to construct a massive art installation in its lobby.

The consumer version of the application will only use the user's location data.

The reason for just using location data is that it usually recurs from day to day, with a couple of unique variations. What the user receives is a personalized and one-of-a-kind artwork.

To be able to run but not drain the battery significantly, the application only gathers data on intermittent movements and then marks the places on the map with brightly colored, contrasting dots.

As of the moment, the application is exclusive for iOS devices.

The app's developer is open to giving the Android operating system its own version. The app is set to be launched in September.

TagsApp, Development, Kickstarter, Location data, 3G, Smart Device, Tablet, wireless carrier, art, Abstract art