A Love Letter to LA is an exploration of the LA we live in, and the future one that we dream about. Using data drawn from across , Ouchhh designed a data story that reflects the challenges of each district, and the promise of AI innovation in shaping a better future.
As we look to the role that AI might play in our near future, the possibilities before us our endless. The story of artificial intelligence isn鈥檛 the story of one industry vertical, but rather a layer that touches all elements of our city鈥檚 ecosystems and directly creates new ways of being and thinking. As new systems of living emerge, the stories we imagine for ourselves begin to change as well. Join us in stepping into and imagining that future.
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Read our blog article about this project and Light at the End of the Funnel.
The AI generated art exhibits leveraged the following data sets from each respective source below:
鈥岰DC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index
鈥峂edicare Physicians and Other Practitioners by Provider
鈥峀A聽County Health Insurance, Healthy Places Index, Justice Equity Need and Services Indexes, Limited English Households, Tenant Vulnerability Index
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The data was then scrubbed, filtered for LA County Census Tracts or Zips (as needed) and integrated according to the monolith themes designated by district below:
鈥District 1 Accessibility - Supermarkets, Transportation, Income, Employment, Commuting, Retail
鈥District 2 Environment- Pollution, Air Quality, Asthma Medicare, Canopy, Park Access, Automobiles, Transportation, H20 contamination
鈥District 3 Housing- Income, Unemployment, Rent Severity, Owner Severity, Crowding, Single Parents, Neighborhood Index
鈥District 4 Racial Equity- Population, Language, Education, Social, Depression, Happiness Index
鈥District 5 Health Access- Access to Healthcare, Insurance, Medicare Comorbidities, Life Expectancy, Medicare Risk Score
- Creative Director and Producer
- Data Wrangler
- Narrative Designer
- Generative AI Artist
- VFX Production
- VIP 1984 installation
- Production Coordinator
