Mattia Carretti

Director and Founder of fuse* |fuseworks.it|

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For the handprinting of #Ljós' vinyl artwork we teamed up with @medullamade, a laboratory which has developed a screen printing technique that involves the construction of colors exclusively with natural elements. Limited edition vinyl available on fuseworks.bandcamp.com

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#AMYGDALA is featured on @creators_project @engadget @fastcompany and more. Go behind the scenes on fuseworks.it (presso CUBO Centro Unipol BOlogna)

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Have a good night and thanks. @fuse_works @dieselblackgold @diesel @pryagency @renzorosso #DBGShow #diesel #fuse #mfw #DieselBlackGold @amel_72 (presso Via Valtellina 5/7)

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AMYGDALA

Installation by fuse* presents sentiment analysis of Twitter data via both a series of LED panels outside and a room of interactive screens:

AMYGDALA listens to shared thoughts, interprets states of mind and translates the data gathered into an audiovisual installation capable of representing the collective emotional state of the net and its changes on the basis of events that take place around the world. The aim is to make visible the flow of data and information that are constantly being created by users, and that may be heard and interpreted by anyone, in the attempt to stimulate a reflection on the opportunities and dangers of the digital revolution that we are currently going through. Big Data may in fact be used to monitor the spread of an epidemic in real time, or to prevent a crime and improve the safety of a city; likewise, they may also be exploited by companies and institutions to store – often unknown to us – infinite quantities of information on our own private lives. We believe that gaining awareness of these mechanisms may be of help in the protection of individual and collective free speech.

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AMYGDALA -- An installation that converts social media sentiment into audiovisual art

It’s becoming harder and harder to think of tech as a distinct silo. Tech is embedding itself into so many traditional industries that, one day, every company will probably be a software/technology company in some regards. 

It’s for this reason that I often think and write about tech and its impacts on the built environment.

An interesting example of this phenomenon is a recent art installation by fuse* called AMYGDALA. What it does is translate collective social media sentiment (specifically from Twitter) into an audiovisual art installation housed within an urban space.

Here’s how they describe the project:

“The news and thoughts of users spread across social networks in real time. And so an event with worldwide implications immediately involves millions of people sharing their own opinions and emotions: happiness, anger, sadness, disgust, amazement or fear. Thus, imagining Internet as a living organism, we might think that its emotional state may be given by the overall emotions shared by users at any given time. AMYGDALA listens to shared thoughts, interprets states of mind and translates the data gathered into an audiovisual installation capable of representing the collective emotional state of the net and its changes on the basis of events that take place around the world.”

And here’s a video of it in action (click here if you can’t see it below):

What I like about the project is how it takes something digital and ephemeral and then both aggregates and translates it into something physical within the urban environment. It’s a perfect visual representation of how technology and networks are – for better or for worse – seeping into our daily lives.

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AMYGDALA from fuse* on Vimeo.

AMYGDALA listens to shared thoughts, interprets states of mind and translates the data gathered into an audiovisual installation capable of representing the collective emotional state of the net and its changes on the basis of events that take place around the world. The aim is to make visible the flow of data and information that are constantly being created by users, and that may be heard and interpreted by anyone, in the attempt to stimulate a reflection on the opportunities and dangers of the digital revolution that we are currently going through. Big Data may in fact be used to monitor the spread of an epidemic in real time, or to prevent a crime and improve the safety of a city; likewise, they may also be exploited by companies and institutions to store – often unknown to us – infinite quantities of information on our own private lives. We believe that gaining awareness of these mechanisms may be of help in the protection of individual and collective free speech.

fuseworks.it/en/project/amygdala/

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FUSE*FACTORY Sunset (presso FUSE FACTORY)

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#Repost @fuse_works #AMYGDALA test n.1 (presso Cubo)

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#Repost @sugarmountainfestival ・・・ The soundtrack of Ljós has been finally pressed on vinyl with artwork handprinted with organic colors. #smtakeover @fuse_works #fuse

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#Repost @fuse_works ・・・ #AUREA is coming

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We’d like to say a big THANK YOU to #DimensionPlus and all the participants that made our trip to #Taiwan a very special and unique experience. Looking forward to coming back soon! (presso Tainan,taiwan City)

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Beautiful energy here in Taiwan. See you soon 🤘! #fuse #dimensionplus #taiwan #tainan #workshop #and #kinect #processing (presso Tainan Municipal Cultural Center)

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Taiwanese Coder 🤘! #fuse #taiwan #digitalplus (presso Tainan, Taiwan)

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Preparing this evening lecture with the Dimension+ team ;) #fuse #taiwan (presso 赤崁擔仔麵)

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Good morning Hong Kong, next stop Taiwan. (presso Hong Kong International Airport)

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