Data collection, literacy and application has become increasingly prevalent in our society. The submitted work is the first installation of the D.O.P.E Arts (Data Obstructions of Physical Environments) collective. This interdisciplinary group is a collective whose purpose is to interject art and technology into spaces that can create awareness, discourse, and visualization of issues that impact our community from the perspectives of both quantitative and qualitative data points. The ‘Our Community Values…’ installation is an interactive data collection sculpture that serves to survey the Spelman community on topics of interest and issues of personal, communal and societal impact. It speaks to determining and celebrating what our community values as important as well as the values of our diverse members. The installation will consist of an interactive mural that will host a parallel coordinate plane to serve as the foundation for participants to interact and engage as they share their values and perspectives while generating a beautiful data visualization.
