This project explores food access as a spatial, political, and emotional condition. It uses the visual language of grocery systems and mapping interfaces to question who is seen, who is counted, and who is made invisible.

Concept & Design
Darlyn Phan Digital Media Arts, UCLA

Mapping Data
Grocery store location data used for simulation and commentary purposes.

Text References
Valerie Segrest — Indigenous food systems advocacy and commentary on the term “food desert.” Critical food justice scholarship on structural racism and food access.

Tools
Mapbox GL JS Custom JavaScript interaction system Hershey font

This work is a speculative interface — a simulation designed to surface systems of inequity rather than reproduce them.