microgatherings is an exercise in mapping our own perceptions, built around the question “What brings people together the most?” 20 students from die Angewandte compiled the participatory mini-zines using confetti, in a data index ranging from 1 to 4, to fill in four “community axes” in relation to the posed question: silence/noise, to work/to eat, to celebrate/to protest, to belong/to discover. A total of 481 confetti pieces.
“to eat” is the most filled circle, while “to celebrate,” “to protest,” and especially “to belong” emerge as conditions strongly associated with the idea of community. The data were digitized and translated into artwork that visualizes, from the micro to the macro level, how those who practice social design imagine and inhabit different forms of being together.
microgatherings
a mini participatory research zine on what does it mean to build a community.
part of the PhD research project of Federica Bistoletti:
Rights, duties, and responsibilities of graphic designers in contemporary society: graphic design advocacy and networking.
Rights, duties, and responsibilities of graphic designers in contemporary society: graphic design advocacy and networking.
Accademia di Belle Arti di Catania / Social design Studio, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien
