Mapping the Invisible: Self Portrait Draft #2 — A Map of Communication
Crit was really useful for me because I had no confidence in my map before I presented it to the class. I had actually planned on starting from scratch. So I’m thankful that the feedback I received was so encouraging….
Mapping the Invisible: Criminals — Site Preliminaries & Project Sketches
We want to incorporate the concept of light and darkness in our project, to represent criminality in our structure. We’re planning on using broken mirrors and glass, to manipulate and reflect the lights in our space. The space is transitional,…
Mapping the Invisible: Psychogeography — Revolutionary
The revolutionaries are considering the notion that’s imbedded in national history as “manifest destiny,” that is that land belongs to us to live is American lifestyle. We are interested in recontextualizing the landscape – beyond ownership, the assumption of the meaning…
Mapping the Invisible: Psychogeography — Stalker
List of methods that were used to traverse the campus: -Being completely concealed/hidden and observing the area/people surrounding -Following someone/something consistently (ex: a person walking out of bates, following a squirrel) -Immersing one’s self in a crowded area in order…
Mapping the Invisible: Psychogeography of the Flaneur
Group 2: Mariko, Mikey, Hillary, Rebecca On our derive we utilized some techniques that would be common for a flaneur. 1) Aimless strolling 2) Observing passersby 3) Following people and things that struck our interest 4) Participating in flows of…
Cultural HiJack: Psychogeography of Historians
Today the Historians walked around the campus, from spaces around Heimbold to Marshall Field to the space near Tweed. As we walked, we discussed the unique histories of the buildings and the landscapes. We walked around Heimbold, considering what materials…
Cultural HiJack: Invisible Histories
(Pictured above: Inspirational piece by Monica Canilao) Today our group brainstormed on-site, about how we could apply our role as “historians” to the area next to Marshall Field. Though we’re still in the drafting phase, we cobbled together a few ideas…
Bad Guys: Object Design — Hansel and Gretel
In our game you have to move one “good guy” at a time while the tree cones keep falling, if the tree cone hits the good guy, he moves back to the start. If the tree cone hits the ground…
Bad Guys: Object Design — Rabid Squirrels
Our squirrels have three different phases of difficulty within the game: basic, acorn, and mega. At first we thought that this might make our behavioral chart intricate and complicated, until we realized that the squirrels have the same underlying pattern…
Mapping the Invisible: Self-Portrait — A Map of Depression
My self-portrait is a map of my depression, using a collage-based approach with text pulled from my own poetic writing and physically-linked symbols. My initial brainstorm was closer to my final product, with an idea of spatialization based on my…
