The Timelines Project
This project, created by artist and researcher Mauricio Delfin, explores the forces that drive cultural advocacy and activism. Through collaborative workshops, participants collectively identify the significant events that have shaped their efforts toward social change, creating a repository of sentiment-driven data.
This information is then digitized and published as open data, making it accessible for anyone to reuse. The Timelines Project uses this data to generate art installations and other interactive environments, inviting audiences to engage with different civic narratives.
Timelines Project Workshop with Shinnecock Tribal Members at Ma’s House on March 2nd, 2025 (Photo: Rebekah Phoenix).
Timelines methodology used during the Latinx Arts Consortium of New York meeting at The Clemente on September 15, 2023.
Timelines methodology was used during the New Yorkers for Culture and Arts Retreat on Governor’s Island on August 17, 2023.