emoto data sculpture

In many ways, the crowning piece of the project, and a conceptual counterpoint to the ephemeral web activities, our data sculpture preserved the more than 12 million tweets we collected in physical form. We had 17 plates CNC-milled — one for each day of the games — with a relief heatmap indicating the emotional highs and lows of each day. Overlay projections highlighted individual stories, and visitors could scroll through the most retweeted tweets per hour for each story using a control knob.

Video and more after the Jump

 

Credits:

Created by Moritz Stefaner, Drew Hemment, Studio NAND.
A FutureEverything project for the Cultural Olympiad programme and London 2012 Festival.
Funded by Arts Council England and WE PLAY/Legacy Trust UK.
Infrastructure design & devel­op­ment by Gerrit Kaiser.
Citizen journ­alism by Andy Miah
Evaluation and blog­ging by Ege Sezen.
Project manage­ment by Leon Seth and Nick Lawrenson.
Communications by Jo Williams, Anita Morris Associates.
Emoto is produced by FutureEverything and Studio NAND.
Sentiment Analysis Partner: Lexalytics
Manufacturing Partner: Tischlerei Bächer