Speakscape (2015)
A public art concept proposal developed for the Golden 1 Arena, Sacramento, CA
Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, Art in Public Places
“SPEAKSCAPE” is a public participatory artwork that encourages the people of the city to communicate with the city. The artwork uses the idea of a flipbook to convey a sense of conversation between the people and the city. “SPEAKSCAPE” posits that if each of us is a page in a book, putting all of the pages together would give us a book of our collective story and reveal our interconnectedness.
The visual representation is achieved through the careful aligning of the moving pictures, each consisting of the following four visual components: a map of the city, a profile portrait of a resident, a colorful design produced and submitted digitally by the resident, and a red circle on the map indicating a geotagged location where the design was submitted. When all the pictures are played at a speed of 10 frames per second, perception of motion is created to convey the act of people “talking” to the city.
>> Summary PDF: download (4.5MB)
>> Full Proposal, including animation and 3D modeled simulations: download (124MB)
The visual representation is achieved through the careful aligning of the moving pictures, each consisting of the following four visual components: a map of the city, a profile portrait of a resident, a colorful design produced and submitted digitally by the resident, and a red circle on the map indicating a geotagged location where the design was submitted. When all the pictures are played at a speed of 10 frames per second, perception of motion is created to convey the act of people “talking” to the city.
>> Summary PDF: download (4.5MB)
>> Full Proposal, including animation and 3D modeled simulations: download (124MB)
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