The Hedonic Map of AustinMapping Shared Experiences Through Art

Project Summary

PROJECT DIRECTORJENNIFER CHENOWETH

Artist Jennifer Chenoweth makes contemporary art in any material that fits the idea, from drawings to large sculpture to interactive collaborative projects. She works actively in her studio

and in her community to create change through inspiration and connection.BFA Kansas City Art Institute, MA St. John’s College, MFA The University of Texas at Austin, Leadership Austin

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PROJECT TEAM

DOT JOHNSONContent Strategist, Good Stories

MIRIAM OLIVARESGeospatial Coordinator, Texas A&M University

LYNN OSGOOD, SARAH GAMBLE & KAZIAH HAVILAND

Urban Planners, Go Collaborative

EUNICE GARZASocial Anthropologist

SHANE FAULKNERGamagi, Technology Developer

ROBERT WHITEHURSTFabricator

HART BLANTONSocial Psychologist, University of Connecticut

CILE MONTGOMERYBrand Strategist, Inventive.is

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LAINE HARDYGraphic Designer

EMILY PRATTEEvent Planner

Feeling whole is the result of experiencing a range of emotions and experiences, not just happiness.

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The locations where we have these experiences give us a sense of place. Community connections are what transform a place into home.

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A public art experience revealing what makes us connected

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RANGE OF EXPERIENCES = WHOLE PERSONPsychologist Robert Plutchik’s Theory of Emotions demonstrates how all our

emotional experiences interact like a spectrum of color.

Where did you feel the intensity of your own cruelty?

RANGE OF EXPERIENCES = CONNECTION TO PLACEDiscover where people have experiences that create individual

or collective attachments to a city.

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Where have you felt the most competent? Where did you feel the intensity of your own cruelty?Where have you felt the most competent?

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We created a public survey and art installations to engage people about where they have emotional experiences in specific places.

1. Where is one place you feel alive and excited?2. Where have you laughed the hardest?3. Where did you fall in love?4. Where do you go for the most frequent experience of playfulness?5. Where do you go to reconnect with nature?6. Where do you go to get your creativity inspired?7. Where was your faith in humanity restored?8. Where have you felt the most competent?9. Where did you have an experience that caused your awareness to change?10. Where was the best night of your life?11. Where was the worst night of your life?12. Where do you experience your own mortality?13. Where did you feel utter disgust?14. Where were you terribly afraid?15. Where were you when you found out your trust had been betrayed?16. Where was it that you were injured or assaulted?17. Where did you act like a jackass according to your own standards?18. Where were you when you lost something or someone irreplaceable?19. Where did you feel the intensity of your own cruelty?20. Where did you feel deep sadness?

“I felt the most competent at a park

where I ran my first triathalon, and on

one occasion, saved a man from dying of

dehydration.”

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We take these places and stories and create 2D and 3D visualizations of individual and collective experience.

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We create events and art installations to collect stories and data.At events, people engage and connect.

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PROJECT ELEMENTS IN MANY MEDIA

›› ArtInstallations

›› Kinetic Sculpture

›› Web and Mobile Platform

›› InteractiveGames

›› Data Collection

›› Mobile Kiosk

›› Photo & Social Media Sharing

›› GIS Maps

›› Interactive Maps

›› 3D Printed Sculpture

››LLocation Markers

›› Catalog

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Kinetic Sculpture

“Dance of the Cosmos” is a 3D visualization of Plutchik’s Emotion Chart. It has a 20’ wide concrete base and a 54” diameter solar powered mechanical sphere that

opens and closes.

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Location Markers

LLocation Markers are mobile temporary art installations in public spaces. They are 8’ tall painted aluminum markers

and include survey questions and quotes to engage people in the project.

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Mobile Kiosk

The Mobile Kiosk is made to explain the project to people at events and in public locations.

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ArtInstallations

LArt Installations are for indoor and outdoor opportunities to engage participants, and are created to

fit the space and audience. .

Photo & Social Media Sharing

LPeople share photos and videos of their experiences and special places @xyzatlas, which creates a way to

participate in social media and in print catalog collection.

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GIS Maps LFrom the data we collect, we create Geospatial Information System (GIS) Maps about the community.

When a person gives a location in answer to a question, that creates an X and Y point. If the experience was

positive or negative, that creates a Z point up or down. The question is color coded to an emotion.

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LUrban planners need information about their cities from their citizens and visitors. This platform allows

people to contribute experiences and place-based stories through a fun and interactive art project..

Data Collection

“I feel utter disgust seeing the trash on the lake.”

“I reconnect with nature at 31st & Main: there’s a hidden trail head there.”

“I felt my own cruelty when I kicked an unemployed man out of our bookstore commune after several months of eating our food and not looking for work.”

“The best night of my life: swimming illegally in the quarry.”

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Web and Mobile Platform

LPeople can learn about and contribute to the project from their phone, computer, or device. And the platform is

fun and informational...

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LFrom the larger art projects, we will create 3D Printed small sculptures for people to purchase and enjoy.

3D Printed Sculpture

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InteractiveMaps

We create a scale map of your city or neighborhood on a large field or park location with field chalk or paint. People

place flags on their locations and share stories. It helps people connect memorable experiences in particular parts of town...

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InteractiveGames

At events, we have interactive ways for people to enjoy the project, from an emotion wheel to scavenger hunts. The online web and mobile platform will have a “game” element as well, creating personal visualizations of someone’s data...

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Catalog Once the data is compete and the project finalized, we will produce an online and a print catalog about the project

including maps, stories, and photos..

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PROJECT TIMELINE

Public Installations and Talks - 2014UT Psychology Department, Thinkery, Center 61,

East Austin Studio Tour

Interactive Art Exhibition - May 2015The Elisabet Ney Museum: West Austin Studio Tour

Release Digital Art and Merchandise - March 2016Web, Mobile, Game, Catalog, 3D Printed Objects

Complete Digital Platforms - January 2016

Public Sentiment Campaign - August-December 2015

All over Austin - collaboration with City of Austin

Survey Closes - December 2015

Survey Launch - Fall 2013online, in press, and at CoLab Projects

Crowd Funding Campaign - October 2015Pre-order Digital Art and Merch

Design of Digital Platforms - June 2015Web, Mobile, Game, Catalog, 3D Printed Objects

Final Austin Exhibition - May 2016Barton Springs

East Austin Studio Tour - November 2015

Launch in other Cities -- XYZ ATLAS: The Muse Map of Atlanta

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CONTACT

Jennifer Chenoweth512-477-0568

info@fisterrastudio.com