The Bennington Quilt is an extension of the information mapping and industrial history research project. During the other two projects I explored my own journey through a specific web of information. Using this quilt I was able to organize and present the information I aquired in a way that allowed the viewer to control their own intake of this information, to have the freedom to discover their own version of what I was representing, and to make independent conclusions.

The quilt was a simplified representationg of the map of Bennington. Simple copper wire switches underneath the quilt were connected to a microcontroller, which was connected to processing in order to signal which spots were activated by the person walking or laying on the quilt. When a certain spot was pressed that corresponded to a place in Bennington where I had taken my previous investigations, the four speakers would begin to sound the sounds I had collected there. There were stories and sounds from several churches, residents, and college students. The questions I was asking had to do with seporate realities interacting in a small space, but the stories and the conclusions made by the viewers were often on different subjects.