MUSESCAPE
Musescape
Musescape is a series of sensory art pieces, created in partnership with Pratt Institute, designed to ease loneliness and support brain health in the city. It is built from interviews with more than 30 New Yorkers aged 25 to 45, many of them on the verge of leaving the city.
Grounded in Professor Anjan Chatterjee's neuroaesthetics research, the pieces draw on three principles, hominess, fascination and coherence, to support calm, grounding and engagement, with neurodiverse audiences in mind. Each piece releases sounds, voices and prompts when touched, helping people reconnect with what makes a city feel like home.
CACOphony
Often thought of as a collection of disturbing or incoherent sounds.
Flipped on its head, this collection of stories invited participants to share stories about what New York sounds like and what makes them feel good and grounded.
Intended to be thought-starters with friends, families and strangers, these art pieces can be kept on your desk at work, on your shelf at home or in your pocket for the commute.
What does NYC sound like?
What makes you feel good about New York?
Float
This art-piece was home to a collection of voice-notes , sounds of the streets and the hum of different environments, it provided recommendations to inspire you to dream and let your imagination float through New York.
Where do you go for creativity, to feel good or to think?
SUSPENSION
For those who feel the constant feeling of stuckness and inability to make a decision about New York as their ‘home’ SUSPENSION - speaks to this frustration and provides gentle and not-so-gentle provocations and sound compilations to help you make your mind up once and for all.
If you have been on the fence about leaving NYC, what makes you stay? Why did you leave?
