Since 2022 I’ve given 30+ performances of A Synesthete’s Atlas—during which I manipulate projected OpenStreetMap-based maps in collaboration with musicians—across North America. My animation, If Map #5, appeared throughout February on the display that crowns San Francisco’s Salesforce Tower, the second tallest building west of the Mississippi. I’ll talk about my motivations, influences, technologies, and the cartographic challenges of designing for an enormous, yet determinedly low resolution, display.
Speaker
Next up in State of the Map US
Previous talkTransforming Data into Policy: How We Use OpenStreetMap to Understand Global Development Finance
AidData maintains the most comprehensive dataset on Chinese-financed development projects, tracking 20,985 projects between 2000 and 2021 worth $1.34 trillion, including geospatial data from OpenStreetMap. Our dataset for 165 low- and middle-income...
