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Affect Visualization (with sound)
12015-11-24T19:55:48-08:00Gentaro Makinoda484ec633e46ff0a13295f8cc3575f47a4f38e44371681An attempt to extract an essence of Affect from a view: Looking out from Eastbound Metro Expo Line, right before Western Station, Los Angelesplain2015-11-24T19:55:48-08:00Vimeo2015-10-18T20:16:22video142825249Gentaro MakinodaVisualizationCinemaTrainDataAffectSoundExpo LineWesternCarsLos AngelesGentaro Makinoda484ec633e46ff0a13295f8cc3575f47a4f38e443
This project transforms "Affect” into an item of information that can be visualized. While many philosophers and researchers have been discussing the Affect in connection to art, architecture, or other forms of visual practices (in some cases, it is discussed as a political issue), there seems to be no clear definition of what it is, and how it looks. While one may argue that the value of Affect lies exactly in its non-representable qualities, this project speculates on the possibilities of extracting the Affect itself. To accomplish this, the project first looks into the theoretical works: starting with the discussions of the Affect by thinkers from varying fields, including emerging Object Oriented Ontology, and ending with cognitive theories of applied-sciences. Informed by these theories, a hypothesis for a visualization methodology is presented, followed by an experimentation with a video footage to test its validity. The work documented here is situated between a theoretical approach and a visualization method with which researches of the kind could test and collectively advance the identification of the Affect.