WHAT WILL THE CITY AROUND US BE THINKING, SEEING AND FEELING IN THE NEAR FUTURE? HOW WILL ITS DESIRES AND FEARS MANIFEST? WHAT WILL BE MOST IMPORTANT?
Offering a glimpse into the immediate future, the Murmur Wall is an artificially intelligent, anticipatory architecture that reveals what the city is whispering, thinking and feeling. By proactively harvesting local online activity—via search engines and social media—the Murmur Wall anticipates what will soon matter most to the city. Constructed out of an intricate weave of steel and acrylic tubing, digital displays and electronics, the Murmur Wall allows Visitors can also contribute their “whispers” via murmurwall.net (link no longer active). As a continuously evolving interface, the Murmur Wall provides a place for the city to share, indulge and reflect on the real-time desires—and anxieties—of its citizens.
Date: 2014 (Temporary Installation)
Lead Artists: Jason Kelly Johnson & Nataly Gattegno
Artist Team: Ji Ahn, Nainoa Cravalho, Ripon DeLeon, Zach Fish, Greg Hurcomb, Jeff Maeshiro, Evan Moring, Collin Schupman, Elaine Suh, Ben Ward
Curator: Betti-Sue Hertz
Exhibited At: Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA (2014); City Hall Plaza, Palo Alto, CA (2017); Salone Del Mobile Milano, Milan, Italy (2018)
Award: Americans for the Arts ‘Top 50 Public Artworks’
Select Photography: Peter Prato
Press: San Francisco's "Murmur Wall" Installation Tells Your Secrets in Public, The Architect’s Newspaper, 06/01/2015 Lights in the Sky: Inside San Francisco's Illuminated Art Scene, Engadget, 07/25/2016
