Technology A — Pratt Grad ComD

My first sketch visualizing my data, I wanted to get all of my data visualized in the simplest way possible to get ideas flowing.

Project Description

Strained Youth was a generative visualization built around a small set of data points from The Trevor Project about sexual violence and suicide risk among LGBTQ young people. I focused on four percentages, roughly 7%, 26%, 34%, and 42%, and translated them into different levels of visual “strain.” The piece showed a field of vertical lines stretching across the canvas. Each line was gently pulled downward by an invisible force, like gravity. When the strain value was low, the lines stayed mostly upright and calm. As the strain increased, the lines began to bend, sag, and distort more heavily, making the whole surface feel weighted and tense. Color shifts followed the same logic, moving from softer tones into darker, more intense ones as the numbers climbed. The system cycled through these strain levels as viewers clicked, showing how relatively small changes in percentages could create big visual differences. There was no live sound interaction yet, so the experience was quieter and more observational. People were meant to sit with the image and notice how the surface changed as the risk increased, rather than actively influencing it. This earlier version helped me establish the visual language and metaphor of strain. It was about making the data feel physical and emotional, not just readable, and it set me up to turn the piece into something more interactive and communal.

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