Exploring Emotional Visualization

Poster, Postcard, Interactive

Francine Zhang

Medium: Printed posters, printed postcards, PMMA
Size: n/a
Year: 2023

I explored how human emotions can be expressed visually. Based on responses from online questionnaires, I translated emotions such as happiness, anxiety, anger, and sadness into geometric forms. These shapes were presented on acrylic panels and arranged as a participatory installation, allowing viewers to select and assemble panels to create visual compositions that reflect their own emotions.

Interview, Graphic Pattern Extraction

Medium: PMMA, Postcards
Size: n/a

This is the setup before the participants start the activity. I printed the geometric shapes taken from the questionnaire into acrylic panels, and categorized the acrylic boards according to four different emotions: happiness, anxiety, anger, and sadness. However, I did not tell the participants what emotions were in each pile and expected them to explore on their own.

Interaction, Graphic Pattern Extraction

Medium: PMMA
Size: n/a

Participants choose their own graphic panels and piece them together to create a visual effect that represents happiness, anxiety, anger, and sadness.

Interaction, Graphic Pattern Extraction

Medium: Poster, postcard, PMMA
Size: n/a

Participants held up postcards they had put together to represent different emotions and made facial expressions consistent with the emotions they wanted to express.

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