Sensory Deprivation Mapping - Christian Nold


Sensory Deprivation Map

Christian Nold
May 2007 - ongoing

Download a full quality PDF of the Newham Sensory Deprivation Map here

"Normally we perceive our surroundings using 5 senses - sight, sound, smell, touch and taste. What happens when we walk through our environment without sight and sound?"

The Newham Sensory Deprivation Map is the result of an intensive workshop with 36 art students from Newham Sixth Form College. The students were put into pairs, one of whom was blindfolded and given ear defenders so that they could not see or hear. The other student was given a Global Positioning System as well as pen and paper. Together these two would explore the local area around the college for up to an hour. The idea being that the blindfolded and deafened student verbally relates their sensory experience to the other student who is taking notes and making sure they are safe during the journey. On their return the geographical data from their walk is downloaded from the GPS and all the sensory observations made during the walk are spatially recorded the map. This map is the combined annotations of all the students during the workshop and forms an alternative sensory map of Newham.

Sensory Deprivation Mapping

View of the whole of the Newham Sensory Deprivation Map.

Sensory Deprivation Mapping

Detail of the Newham Sensory Deprivation Map.

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Last Updated 27.03.08
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The book, "Emotional Cartography" edited by Christian Nold is now finished and the printed book will launch at 18:30 on 24th April, 2009 at SPACE studios in London: Emotional Cartography

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New Project live now! Community Metrics is a live installation in Nottingham that allows people to rate each other. Think Friendly Fascism. Look at live data: Community Metrics

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I am in Geneva running a week long intensive workshop at the art/design school. Take a look at the website: Geneva Biopsy

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I currently have an exhibition at the ICA in London of my new piece: "It does not permit itself be read" which explores the origins of the urban Crowd. Go and have a look: Exhibition

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This Saturday, I am running a workshop at UCL for the London Beauty Map 1880/2008 which is a collaboration with Sir Francis Galton (rip) the father of Eugenics. Come along!

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I am travelling to Spain to provide consultations on footpaths. Then off to Italy to run the Complexity Maps summer school for the World Design Capital. Take a look at the website I think this will be a great project:
ComplexityMaps

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I finally took the time to rework an old project, the Rio - Point of Sale poster! Take a look :
Rio - Point of Sale

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The Brentford Biopsy Map is complete. Check out the 10 meter map! This week I am heading to Paris for a lecture about the East Paris Emotion Map. Next week I will be in Copenhagen for the Metropolis Conference

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Off to Turin to plan the Complexity Maps summer school for the World Design Capital

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I am in Paris for workshops part of my new solo show at Arslonga Gallery and part of Mal aux Pixel festival

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Next week sees the launch of my major solo show, the Brentford Biopsy at Watermans in London. Come to workshops and look at the exhibition evolve over the next few months!
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Next week I will be in Holland for workshops at Delft University and then a keynote at Mobile City in Rotterdam. On the 3rd March I will giving a lecture at MIT Medialab come along!

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I will be in NY in Feb giving a lecture with Adam Greenfield, J. Meejin Young and Stamen at the New Museum. Come along!

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In Popular Terms has won the Eyebeam Eco Visulisation Challange and is showing at Eyebeam in NY.

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The printed San Francisco Emotion Map is now available!

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Tonight is the physical and online launch of my new project In Popular Terms at the Berkeley Art Museum. Check it out!

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Hello I would love to get feedback from people about what they think about my projects. Please help by filling out this online form. Thanks so much !!!

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Back in London trying to get over the jetlag. Preparing for the last Stockport workshop.

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

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Some of my maps are currently showing in Santa Monica in the Zoom exhibition.

The Stockport Emotion Map will be starting next week. Have a look!

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I have made a diagram to try and clarify my own position in this world. Have a look (PDF)

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Link to press coverage about my work.

Back in London and working on the SciArt commission as well as preparing a mapping project for Stockport and Tokyo.

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I am in Holland setting up the Cultuur exhibition. I also just uploaded a brand new project Sensory Deprivation ! If you want to setup workshops or make maps get in touch.

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France for the Festival Bandits-Mages in Bourges in France to show the RFID Map / Affect Browser. At the end of May I am setting up an exhibition of all my maps for the the Cultuur 2.0 event in Amsterdam.

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I am in San Francisco for a residency at SOEX setting up the San Francisco Emotion Map. The Mapping Fulham project is also currently continuing until June. Also my work is currently showing in Turku, Finlnd at the Digittaly Yours exhibition. In May there are shows in Bourges, Fracnce and Amsterdam coming up.