Bio Mapping



Bio Mapping

Christian Nold
Jan 2004 - ongoing

Bio Mapping is a community mapping project in which over the last four years with more than 1500 people have taken part in. In the context of regular, local workshops and consulltations, participants are wired up with an innovative device which records the wearer's Galvanic Skin Response (GSR), which is a simple indicator of the emotional arousal in conjunction with their geographical location. People re-eplore their local area by walking the neighbourhood with the device and on their return a map is created which visualises points of high and low arousal. By interpreting and annotating this data, communal emotion maps are constructed that are packed full of personal observations which show the areas that people feel strongly about and truly visualise the social space of a community.

How will our perceptions of our community and environment change when we become aware of our own and each others intimate body states?

The concept has been applied in the following contexts Stockport Emotion Map, San Francisco Emotion Map and the Greenwich Emotion Map which have their own sites.
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This project has been presented in the following contexts:

England, Scotland, Spain, Turkey, France, Belgium, Portugal, Finland, Holland, Latvia, Italy, Germany, Slovenia, India, USA, Japan (no particular order)


Long term art/community projects:
San Francisco Emotion Map , San Fran, Mar 07 - April 07
Mapping Fulham , London, Oct 06 - July 07
Greenwich Emotion Map, London, Oct 05 - April 06

Ethnographic research:
Center for Knowledge Societies, Bangalore, India,
Dec - Jan 05

Art exhibitions:
Mapping, Cultuur 2.0 , Virtual Platform, Amsterdam, May 07
Bio Mapping, Citymined, Brussels, March 07
Bio Mapping, CCC, Tours, October 06
Repatriating the Ark Museum of Garden History, London, Aug 06
Bio Mapping, Crashtestdummy Munich, Jul 06
Bio Mapping, Crashtestdummy Ljubljana, Jun 06
Always On, Sonar 2006, Barcelona, Jun 06
Greenwich Emotion Map, IP, London, Mar 06
Day to Day Data, Danielle Arnaud, London, Mar - Apr 06
Information Rhetoric, London Gallery West , Nov- Jan 06
Day to Day Data, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, Sep - Oct 05
Day to Day Data, Angel Row, Nottingham, Jul - Sep 05
State of Mind, BIOS Centre, London, Apr - May 05
Tactical Urban Map Hack, DEAF 04, Rotterdam, Nov 2004
The Show, Royal College of Art, London, Jun 2004

Workshops:
Bio Mapping, Intergenerational, London, May 07
Bio Mapping, Freqout, London, October 06
Bio Mapping, CCC, Tours, October 06
ESAD Caldas da Rainha, Portugal 2006
South Bank University, London, March 2006
John Kelly Boys Technical College, London, Feb 2006
Urban Learning Space, Glasgow, Oct 2005
Ittaca, Helsinki, Finland, Sep 2005
Pavilion, Huddersfield, UK, Mar 2005
Trans Cultural Mapping, Helsinki, Aug 2004
Day-to-Day Data, Nottingham, Uk Aug 2004
Siena Design Project, Italy, Jul 2004
Ittaca, Istanbul, Turkey, Jul 2005

Presentations:

Liverpool University, Jan 07
Middlesex University, Jan 07
Goldsmiths University, Feb 07
Bio Mapping, Liverpool Biennal, October 06
Cartography Conference
Mobile Habits conference, Virtual Platform, Amsterdam June 06
Gallery ZDB, Lisbon April 2006
Kingston University, London Dec 2005
Digital Cultures, Nottingham Dec 2005
Saint Martins, UCL, London Oct 2005
PLAN, Nottingham University, Uk Oct 2005
Node.L, Tate Modern, London Aug 2005
Ittaca, Istanbul, Turkey Jul 2005
Pavilion, Huddersfield, UK Mar 2005
Ittaca, Lampedusa, Italy Feb 2005
Westminster University, London Nov 2004
Art & Communication, Riga Sep 2004
Trans Cultural Mapping, Helsinki Aug 2004
Siena Design Project, Italy Jul 2004
Royal College of Art, London Jun 2004
NotCon 04 Conference, London Jun 2004
Futuresonic 04, Manchester, UK

Media:

CNN
Dutch newspaper
Discovery Channel
S�d Deutsche Zeitung Feature July 2006
Slashdot discussion July 2006
New Scientist article, July 2006
MondoGIS article, July 2006
British Council magazine article, June 2006
KunstBlog June 2006
Architecture Week Feature June 2006
Telepolis magazine 16 May 2006
BBC World Service Interview, April 20 2006
NewsTalk 106 Interview, April 20 2006
Google Earth-The Guide of the Traveler, April 2006
Observer article, April 16, 2006
Barbelith Underground Mar 2006
Archinet, Feb 2006
Visual Complexity website Feb 2006
Network Maps, Energy Diagrams - Brian Holmes 2005
Labours of Location - Minna Tarka, Diffusion books 2005
Mobile Audience Dec 2005
Organised website Mar 2005
Locative Arts, August 2004


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This project has received support from:

Foundation Marcel Hicter
Arts Council of England
Independent Photography
Angel Row Gallery
Ordnance Survey
Mixed Reality Lab Nottingham
London Gallery West
Node London

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Last Updated 22.08.07

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Hello I need to get feedback from people about what they think about the Bio Mapping project. Please help by filling out this online form. Thanks so much !!!

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I am in Tokyo speaking and running a Bio Mapping workshop at the Dislocate 07 conference. Come and join us if you are around.

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Link to all the press coveage

The San Francisco Emotion Map is complete. At the end of July I will be Bio Mapping in Tokyo. Until then I am working on my book and setting up a project in Stockport and Stoke Newington. Please see my main site for more info.

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There is a new interview about the Bio Mapping project.

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Bio Mapping has won the SciArt R&D award which will give me time to write a book about the project and commission some critical / historical essays around the project. If you are intersted in writing one get in touch!

Live interview on WAMU US public radio.

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New articles about Bio Mapping on the Discovery Channel the New Scientist and on Slashdot in the German Telepolis, Italian MondoGIS , French Liberation and Techno Science as well as British Council magazine

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A high quality MPEG4 video of the Greenwich Emotion Map is available for download

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I was interviewed on BBC World Service and NewsTalk106. See Tom Hagler's walk in Covent Garden.
(requires Google Earth)

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The Observer carries an article on Bio Mapping. Click on the links to view David Smith's walks in rural Bibury as well as 'Murder Mile' in Hackney.
(requires Google Earth)