SOCHI - PESHKOM. July 2013

URBAN DRIFTS OF SOCHIWALKING AND MAPPING SOCHI

In discovering a small world we discover the

whole world.”

William Humber, Back Peddaling Annual 2008, Psychogeography and the Backpedaler

“Situationist” movement, in 1955 as:

“the study of the precise laws and specific effects of the geographical

environment, consciously organized or not, on the emotions and behaviour

of individuals“

http://photoblog.urbansquares.com/?page_id=170

from Internationale situationniste, 1958

PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY

PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY IS THE SCIENCE OF DERIVE

BY GUY DEBORD

Constant – New Babylon Paris, 1963

URBAN DRIFTS

EMOTIONAL CARTOGRAPHY BY CHRISTIAN NOLD

GPS (geolocation)+ Galvanic Skin Response

WHAT IS A GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE?

“phenomenon that the skin momentarily becomes a better conductor of electricity when either external or internal stimuli occur that are physiologically arousing”

http://www.media.mit.edu/galvactivator/faq.html

http://www.emilydavidow.com/wp/2007/10/exploring-consensual-hallucinations-with-christian-nold/

54 55Christian Nold. Emotional Cartography

58 59Stockport Emotion Map, 2007

Mental reaction [psychology] in a particular space [geography]

are leading towards interaction of both main aspects of human life:

MENTAL + PHYSICAL

EVERY SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE OF A CONTEXT OR AN ENVIRONMENT

IS MULTI-SENSORY:qualities of matter, space and scale are measured by the eye, ear, nose, skin,

tongue, skeleton and muscle

Montagu, 1986, Pallasmaa, 2005, Holl et al., 2007, Pallasmaa, 2009).

http://onehappybird.com/2013/02/18/where-is-the-happiest-city-in-the-usa/

“According to this analysis Disneyland is not the

happiest place on Earth; it isn’t even the happiest place in Southern California!”

ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/05/where-americans-tweet-messages-hate/5557/

the more general sorting of America by politics and ideology, religion, education, income levels, and class.

http://www.mapbox.com/labs/twitter-gnip/brands/#11/55.7143/37.5520

More than 280 million Tweets posted from mobile phones reveal geographic usage patterns in unprecedented detail.

http://www.mapbox.com/labs/twitter-gnip/brands/#14/43.5828/39.7428

RESEARCH PROJECT AT STRELKA INSTITUTE

BIODATA AND

ENVIRONMENTAL DATA

GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE SENSOR

MICROPHONE - NOISE SENSOR

HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURE (AIR) SENSOR

BODY TEMPERATURE SENSOR

LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY

USB POWER PACK

ELECTRONIC PROTOTYPING PLATFORM TEENSY++

BUTTON 1 - BACKLIGHT SWITCH ON/OFF

BUTTON 2 - RECORD TYPE SWITCH STATION/TUNNEL

BUTTON 3 - RECORDING START/STOP

LIGHT INTENSITY SENSOR

6 SENSORS

SOKOLNICHESKAYA LINE:19 STATIONS3 MINUTES / STATIONTOTAL TIME: 1H36

DATA TELLS A STORY: TRIP ACROSS 19 STATIONS OF SOKOLNICHESKAYA (RED) LINE OF MOSCOW METRO

0.512222 333345

3230

343638

32 32 32 31 3134 34 34 34

OHOTNY RYAD

LUBYANKA CHISTYE PRUDY

KRASNYE VOROTA

SOKOLNIKI PREOBRAZHENSKAY PLOSHAD

CHERKIZOVSKAYA ULITSA PODBELSKOGO

KOMSOMOLSKAYA KRASNOSELSKAYA

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1:36:2647:00 47:30 48:00 48:30 49:00 49:30 50:00 50:30 51:00 51:30 52:00 52:30 53:00 53:30 54:00 54:30 55:00 55:30 56:00 56:30 57:00 57:30 58:00 58:30 59:00 59:30 1:00:00 1:00:30 1:01:00 1:01:30 1:02:00 1:02:30 1:03:00 1:03:30 1:04:00 1:04:30 1:05:00 1:05:30 1:06:00 1:06:30 1:07:00 1:07:30 1:08:00 1:08:30 1:09:00 1:09:30 1:10:00 1:10:30 1:11:00 1:11:30 1:12:00 1:12:30 1:13:00 1:13:30 1:14:00 1:14:30 1:15:00 1:15:30 1:16:00 1:16:30 1:17:00 1:17:30 1:18:00 1:18:30 1:19:00 1:19:30 1:20:00 1:20:30 1:21:00 1:21:30 1:22:00 1:22:30 1:23:00 1:23:30 1:24:00 1:24:30 1:25:00 1:25:30 1:26:00 1:26:30 1:27:00 1:27:30 1:28:00 1:28:30 1:29:00 1:29:30 1:30:00 1:30:30 1:31:00 1:31:30 1:32:00 1:32:30 1:33:00 1:33:30 1:34:00 1:34:30 1:35:00 1:35:30

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14:01 pm

Old lady carying heavy bag upstairs makes me sad.... :(

someone smiling called me ‘Terrorist’ =Oand took a picture of me for instagram

Going home to eat!! Yess!!

I am hungryand tired

Emotions are from experiencesPersonal attachments are connected to memory or special feelings

No feelings to uknown stations

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DATA TELLS A STORY: TRIP ACROSS 19 STATIONS OF SOKOLNICHESKAYA (RED) LINE OF MOSCOW METRO

CROWD (%) 3333 22

444 555 66

17/05/2013

3230

343638

ENVIRONMENTAL HUMIDITY (%)34 34

32 3234 34

YUGO-ZAPADNAYA

PROSPEKTVERNADSKOGO

UNIVERSITET VOROBYOVY GORY

SPORTIVNAYA FRUNZENSKAYA PARK KULTURY

KROPOTKINSKAYA BIBLIOTEKA IMENI LENINA

OHOTNY RYAD

242628

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ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE (C)t

LUMINOCITY INTENSITY (%)

300

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600900

NOISE LEVEL (dB)

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VISUAL SENSORY (CAMERA IMAGE): I SEE

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STRESS LEVEL - GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE (kOhm)

11:36 am

Coming home, Strelka is my home ha-ha =)

Policeman islooking at me :0I am excited :)

I have never been here

Personal attachments are connected to memory or special feelings

No stress for wearing device

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BODY TEMPERATURE (C) t

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PLACE ATTACHMENT

PHYSICAL COMPONENTS OF SPACE CREATE AN EMOTIONAL LINKAGE OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO AN

ENVIRONMENT

SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICALBONDS

perceptions, memories, bonds, associations

FOURSQUARE ANALYSIS OF CHECK-INS

REGULARITY OF CHECK-INS REFLECT USER’S PLACE ATTACHMENT

MIDDAY TRIP24/05/2013 12:05 PM

NIGHT TRIP22/05/2013 00:30 AM

GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE

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LIGHT INTENSITY

NOISE LEVEL

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PATTERNS OF DAY AND NIGHT TRIPS

DO-IT-YOUYSELF CULTURE

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acrobotic/the-smart-citizen-kit-crowdsourced-environmental-m

AN OPEN-SOURCE ENVIRONMENTAL PLATFORMACONSISTING OF ARDUINO-COMPATIBLE HARDWARE, DATA VISUALISATION,

WEB API, AND MOBILE APP.

CROWDSOURCED DATA PRODUCES QUALITY,

ACCURACY AND VERACITY BUT REQUIRES THOROUGH

INTERPRETATION

URBAN DRIFTS OF SOCHI

WALKING AND MAPPING

workshop

DIAGRAM OF INTENSITYDISPLAY

DEVICE TO MEASURE GSR

GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE SENSOR (GSR)

54 55

TO DOCUMENT:

YOUR TRIP

EMOTIONS AND EMBODIED EXPERIENCE

DISCOVER NEW PLACES

IMPORTANT ELEMENTS FOR YOU

CHOOSE YOUR PATH YOURSELF

USE ALL YOUR SENSES TO DISCOVER

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER:

What is the relationshipbetween emotions and physical space?

What is the significance of us and Sochi mapping this walk?

What have you discovered?

Who will use the data we are producing?

1 GROUP

Irina YakobsonVladislava Gryaznova Alyona EvdokimovaAni Mezhlumyan

Susanna Berberyan

2 GROUP

Alina Davletova Sonya PangratyanOxana Petrosova

Anna Miroshnichenko

QUESTIONS?