digital sensory scape generator
new ways to explore the city
Digital Sensory Scape Generator aims to convey an altered sensory perspective to the audience.
It is a call to action to physically re-experience urban life in a new way, as well as to reorient the senses. The visualisation of odour and emphasis on sensory experiences can play an important role in research and olfactory sampling to tackle odour pollution.
At the same time, the sensory scape, as a new urban scape, would become a new means for us to explore the city, both indoor and outdoor, which could even be a part of the city memory.
why?
Odour Pollution is usually treated as a community level, and it is difficult to create a wide influence as an individual. Some of the actions which can be taken will be to ventilate the air and reduce the usage of strong-scent chemical commodities.
recipe for action
Users will take a picture/use an existing photo of the area.
After selecting the area, users can either colour/embed keywords describing odours of each space of the following image. The list of keywords(descriptive adjectives) and colour palette will be given: Grassy | Bleach | Musty | Fruity
By the end of the process, the colour/keywords used for description will turn into odours, portrayed in different geometric shapes. The reading guidance will be provided. In addition, user can identify the type of odour by hovering onto shapes on the image.
Additional Step that can be taken:
User can take an additional step by reporting the circumstance of the area to the Health & Environmental Department of the Government Body/Public Organisation to reduce the level of odour pollution.
By Andre Siakagiannis, Gaeun Choi, Maneemas Wirojsakulchai, Quyen Tran, Haowen Tang, Rosie Vu, Winson Wang.