Shadow Tag
Cindy Stockton Moore, Rachel Blake, John Stockton, Hoang Pham, Rachel Wetzel
View Project
‘Shadow Tag’ is a new experimental video exploring the unseen in the OpenCity data – using a layered technique to search for traces of children, who are underrepresented in the metrics but always present, alongside impactful environmental factors. Visualizing signal extraction through hand-drawn animation, charts, and maps, the video presents an abstracted narrative that explores the concept of observability –and its twin controllability– through the open-structure of play. Animations, created using chalk erasure and stop motion, occur directly on the street; data is redrawn within children’s environments, offering affordances for free play and adaptation. The atmospheric soundtrack is initially generated by TwoTone data but then layered and looped, a connected distortion reflecting the resilient joy of ‘Shadow Tag.’
DATASETS
Directory of playgrounds
Schoolyard to playground
Park Closure Status due to COVID-19
Kids in Motion Playground Programming
Children’s Play Areas
CPAs
Walk-to-a-Park Service Area
NYC Complaint Map
Park Inspection Program
Park Inspection Program – Inventory
Daily Tasks Park Cleaning Records
Children Under 6 yrs with Elevated Blood Lead Levels (BLL)
DOHMH Dog Bite Data
Parks Closure Status Due to COVID-19: Skate Parks