11.12.2008

How is Stockholm feeling today?

Pretty cool urban art installation in Stockholm

http://www.emotionalcities.com
With the Swedish winter in full swing, an interactive installation is shedding some light on the darkness – as well as on Stockholmers' state of mind.

City's inhabitants are invited to participate in this Emotional Cities lighting exhibition. Anybody can register their current emotional state by answering the question “How are you today?" on the website www.emotionalcities.com.

Visitors to the site report how they are feeling using a scale of seven faces, from frowning to smiley, each coloured to represent a point on the spectrum from violet (sad) to red (happy). The shade of the lights projected on the facades of the five towers at Hötorget changes according to how Stockholmers rate their mood. A median value is calculated for the city, which in turn determines the lights' colour.

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