This document provides a summary of the Hedonic Map of Austin project, which aims to map shared emotional experiences through public art installations and data collection. The project will engage the public through surveys about memorable places in Austin tied to different emotions. It will then create visualizations of the collected data through kinetic sculptures, location markers, mobile apps, and more. The goal is to reveal what connects communities and give citizens a way to share meaningful experiences that create attachments to places around Austin. The project timeline outlines phases from 2014-2016 that include public exhibitions, an interactive art show, and developing digital platforms to showcase the collected stories and maps.

1. The Hedonic Map of Austin
Mapping Shared Experiences Through Art
Project Summary

2. PROJECT DIRECTOR
JENNIFER 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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3. PROJECT TEAM
TIFFANY COUSINS
GIS Specialist, Texas A&M University
MIRIAM OLIVARES
GIS Specialist, Yale University
LYNN OSGOOD
Urban Planner, Go Workshop
EUNICE GARZA
Social Anthropologist
SHANE FAULKNER
Technology Developer, Gamagi
ROBERT WHITEHURST
Fabricator
HART BLANTON
Social Psychologist, University of Connecticut
LOOKTHINKMAKE
Publicist
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LAINE HARDY
Graphic Designer
EMILY PRATTE
Event Planner
JOHN DOLECEK
Mechanical Engineer
BETH CONSETTA RUBEL
Community Outreach

4. Feeling whole is the result of experiencing a range of
emotions and experiences, not just happiness.
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5. 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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6. A public art experience revealing what makes us connected
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RANGE OF EXPERIENCES = WHOLE PERSON
Psychologist Robert Plutchik’s Theory of Emotions demonstrates how all our
emotional experiences interact like a spectrum of color.

8. Where did you feel the intensity of your own cruelty?
RANGE OF EXPERIENCES = CONNECTION TO PLACE
Discover 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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ART ACTIVATIONS
›› Art
Installations
›› Kinetic
Sculpture
›› Web and
Mobile Platform
›› Interactive
Games
›› 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 explains the project at events
and in public locations.

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Art
Installations
LArt Installations are for indoor and outdoor
opportunities to engage participants, and are created to
fit the space and audience .

17. Photo & Social
Media Sharing
LPeople share photos and videos of their experiences
and special places @xyzatlas, which creates a way to
participate through social media and contribute to photo
documentation for consideration in the catalog.
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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 participants
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
LAudiences 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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Interactive
Maps
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 connecting
memorable experiences in specific parts of town.

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Interactive
Games
At events, we have interactive ways for people to enjoy
the project. 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 - 2014
UT Psychology Department, Thinkery, Center 61,
East Austin Studio Tour
Interactive Art Exhibition - May 2015
The Elisabet Ney Museum: West Austin Studio Tour
Release Digital Art and Merchandise - May 2016
Catalog, 2D & 3D Printed Objects
Complete Digital Platforms - April 2016
Public Sentiment Campaign
August-December 2015
All over Austin - City of Austin TEMPO
Survey Closes - January 2016
Survey Launch - Fall 2013
online, in press, and at CoLab Projects
Crowd Funding Campaign - February 2016
Pre-order Digital Art and Merch
Design of Digital Platforms - June 2015
Web, Mobile, Game, Catalog, 3D Printed Objects
Final Austin Exhibition - May 2016
Zilker Park & Barton Springs
East Austin Studio Tour - November 2015
Show of new XYZ Artworks at Fisterra Studio
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Art Activations - March 2016
SXSW

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FUNDING
The project is sponsored by the City of Austin’s Cultural Arts Division, which is a 50% matching grant.
And its a collaboration with the Parks and Recreation Department’s Museums and Cultural Programs.
The “Public Sentiment Campaign” Location markers are funded by TEMPO through Art in Public Places.
Media Sponsorships are needed for outreach
Location Hosts are needed for events and art
Sponsors are needed for art and technology development
The XYZ ATLAS through Fisterra Projects is a 501c3 nonprofit, donations are fully tax deductible.

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CONTACT
Jennifer Chenoweth
512-477-0568
info@fisterrastudio.com