Maling and Nimmervoll – Prismatic Auditors.
The people you call when you feel blue but can still see red.
In a world of threat levels, inconclusive data and faulty forecasting it is important to consider what colour you are. Is it a red day? Or are you feeling yellow? Your next-door neighbour is green – what does that mean, and will it clash with a fire drill?
As professionals committed to professional commitment Maling and Nimmervoll’s mission is to navigate the grey areas surrounding our decisions and interactions.
Triangulation is a collaborative statistical process involving thousands of tiny triangles and two calculators. The auditors offer their services to communities like banks, hospitals, or shopping centres. They equip workers with kits containing a spectrum display device (flagpole) that is placed in a publically visible location. Throughout the audit period participants are requested to change the colour of their flag whenever they feel it is emotionally, politically, socially, environmentally or aesthetically appropriate.
Maling and Nimmervoll log the changes on an hourly basis and translate the data into an evolving graphic installation of micro and macro proportions. Daily presentations feed back the community’s stories of prismatic defiance, solidarity, rivalry and emotional mood swings.
The next audit will be from August 15th to September 3rd, 2010 at Melbourne Central Shopping Centre. See the upcoming page for further details.