Mapping America

2012 KK Outlet London, United Kingdom

Initiated and curated Info-graphic exhibition related to the 2012 Presidential election. Europeans often see the United States as New York and San Francisco with little in the middle. Wanted to give outsiders a better understanding of the issues in relationship to the geography. The data was collected specifically for the exhibition by students at MIT and distributed to different artists and academics who work in the field of info-graphics. Academics from Harvard and MIT participated as well as studios and artists from the UK, The Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and the United States. Subjects of the American divide included gun control, heath insurance, religion and the electoral college as well as mapping twitter feeds during debates and population trends and redistricting. Show was very successful, and PR was picked up quickly as media outlets appreciated a twist to the Obama/ Romney discussions already at hand. Opening took place on election night.