REMAP collaborated on the creation of a sculpture which visualized creative labor and its relationship to gross domestic product (GDP) across the world. It had five intertwined strands of 50 lighting elements, each of which represented a country. They were arranged by GDP per capita, progressing from the so-called “global north” (Norway) to the “global south” (Ethiopia). The system faded through a decade of creative labor data from the UN for each country, for each of four categories: 1) advertising and market research; 2) architectural, engineering and other technical services; 3) research and development; and 4) personal, cultural, and recreational.
The installation of recycled material, LEDs, and software was commissioned by Transmedia Hollywood (now, “Transforming Hollywood“).
Transforming Hollywood is an annual one-day public symposium exploring the role of transmedia franchises in today’s entertainment industries. It turns the spotlight on media creators, producers and executives, and places them in critical dialogue with top researchers from across a wide spectrum of film, media and cultural studies, to provide an interdisciplinary summit for the free interchange of insights about how transmedia works and what it means. Transforming Hollywood is co-hosted by Denise Mann and Henry Jenkins, from UCLA and USC respectively, two of the most prominent film schools and media research centers in the nation.
REMAP Team: Alessandro Marianantoni, Alex Horn, Jeff Burke
Others: Anne Herlihy, Yoshie Sakai
University of Southern California—2012.
