The Global Year for Net Subsequent Index and Gross National Happiness

Digital installation performance, 2016

Design, making and performance: Magali Desbazeille
Visualization of OpenData: Sébastien Courvoisier
Multimedia development: Jérôme Tuncer
Graphic design: Adrien Tison
Engraving: Christine Bouvier
Assistant: Robin Bourgeois

Producer: Maison Populaire de Montreuil, as part of the digital art residency program, with support from the DicreamCNC/French Ministry of culture.

Magali Desbazeille was in creative residency at the Maison Pop in 2016.

Article by Véronique Godé, arts hebdo médias

A About our major institutions’ quantification of the unquantifiable.

Description
The Global Year for Net Subsequent Index and Gross National Happiness examines the quantification of feelings by our major institutions. The UN, Eurostat, INSEE, the OECD – all measure happiness, psychological well-being, satisfaction, morale and even the meaning of life…
The Global Year crisscrosses intimacy and politics, and is presented in the form of a model apartment, in which various objects reflect our everyday behavior, our little habits, our happy routines. Thanks to the colorful graphs and statistics of all types, you will soon know everything there is to know about yourself! Surveys, questionnaires, statistics, OpenData are made visible and even accessible. But in fact: who and what are they for?