The Geography of Buzz: Visualizing Cultural Space in New York and Los Angeles
Wednesday, Apr 8, 20095:30 AMEDT
| New York, NY
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009 6:30 pm Elizabeth Currid and Sarah Williams took a unique dataset, The Getty Image Database, and transformed it to explain the spatial patterns of the culture industries. By geo-referencing, coding, and performing statistical analysis on 6,000 events and 300,000 photographs taken in New York and Los Angeles, the team has shown that cultural industry events tend to cluster spatially. While the data might illustrate what we already know—that certain “hot spots†in the city exist—investigating them in this way allowed them to gain a better understanding of why clustering occurs in certain localities. Analysis of the data showed that those actors not conventionally involved in city development (paparazzi, marketers, media) have played a significant role in that arena nevertheless. Told through a series of maps on display at Studio-X, the use of Getty data provides a new spatial dimension through which to understand both cultural industries and city geographical patterns. To launch this exhibit, Currid and Williams have organized a party and panel discussion, featuring: -Erin Aigner, Graphics Editor, New York Times -Elizabeth Currid, USC School of Policy, Planning and Development -Harvey Molotch, NYU, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, Sociology -Jamin Brophy Warren, Wall Street Journal -Sarah Williams, Director, Spatial Information Design Lab, Columbia University GSAPP Sponsored by IZZE Sparkling Juice and Original Sin Hard Cider The exhibit will be on display from April 7 - May 8, 2009. Studio-X 180 Varick Street, Suite 1610 Between King and Charleton Streets 1 train to Houston Street Free and open to the public RSVP: [email protected] [Studio-X is a downtown studio for experimental design and research run by the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation of Columbia University.]
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