diario _ dia VII (08/11/11)

(ES version soon)

In my project I would like to activate the points/areas in the city – those with the invisible stories and special codes. Now, I’m working on the type of archiving all the data from Valadares, way of division all the data into some clear groups, transforming them also into a visual language and on the methods of code and decode...

During my research phase, I found really huge amount of interesting projects. I would like to present you below two examples of the projects about the maps and activated areas. The first of them relates to Geotaggers’ World Atlas. Those maps are kind of visual interpretion of the quantity of photos which were taken in the city. The photo locations come from the public Flickr and Picasa search APIs. The first serie of maps is general, the second ‘Local and Tourist’ is connected more with a type of photographer.

The second project ‘Missed Connections’ is connected with The Center for Missed Connections (CMC). CMC is a research center which make a studies of loneliness in urban environments through analyzing posts on the kind of forum: Craigslist. Then those analisis are presented on the interesting maps.

diario _ dia VI (07/11/11)

(ES version soon)

Let’s forget about map in the traditional way and let’s try to think about the concrete space. Each space become alive with the first step of first person, and then turn into a place. A place in the meaning of the dynamic point/area of the map. In my project I will follow this way of understaning of maps. Recently I participated in dreamhamar project – which offer a new way of thinking about the design process of the real square in a norwegian city. For this project, searching for some storytelling places in the web, I discovered wonderful archive with old photos from Hamar. They could give us some hints how the places were used some time ago. This kind of sources – archives – are really important and allow us involve also a historical aspect into a present project. I mean, not even an official history but also that more important to me – a daily one. Because of this charming archive which I mentioned above, I decide to explore this field more. The most magnifique project that I found it’s a Historypin. On this website, you could find old pictures which are composed into a google street views. This way a multilayered story of a place becomes visible for us. So thinking about the components of a dynamic place – one of them will be a visual aspect.

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vigo via google





my path in the city



Here a few words about an idea and the materials which served me as a basis for the project.

The idea came to my mind during my everyday path throughout the town. For the project, I collected the photos of streets which I passed almost every day, the streets which I know the best. As Vigo is not my home town, I look at it without deep-rooted affection, as if from the side. I mean, I’m somewhere in the middle between the inhabitant and the tourist here: in-between. But it does not mean that I treat Vigo without immersion and positive feelings. On the material above, you can see my paths.

And one good fresh info, the project will have the continuation in the another part of Vigo, I’ll try to create a subjective map of whole district with help of inhabitants. More about that soon.



drawings_part I

drawings: made by participants _ creating the subjective map _ city code of vigo

empty papers with spaces for drawings

Above some more papers still with empty spaces for drawing.
Whole installation had the 43 pieces with photographs arranged inside the white space of container.

strangelet festiv-all v2 _ part 2

26-08-2011 The photos were taken just before the opening.

After two days of successful festival I have quite large quantity of people's drawings. Let me give some time to look at them more attentively and I will present you some of them. It is really exciting to observe how people think, what they want to relate you, how they can become the co-creators of your own project.

What is necessary to say: the aim is completed. We created some kind of the mosaic-tale about the city.

And for those who participated: thank you very much! I'm so glad to be with you during that time in Valadares :)



27-08-2011 The people was filling my subjetive map of Vigo.

strangelet festiv-all v2 _ part 1



25-08-2011, 12:00 the photo was taken just after the installation in alg-a lab

































This part of project is made for II Festiv-all Strangelet Intergalaico which will take place on 26th and 27th of August in alg-a lab in Valladares/Vigo in Spain.

"My installation is a kind of interactive game with the public. Yellow, orange, pastel, plaster, brick, dirty brown, white, cream, gray stone three times, yellowish ....
Everyone has his image of each street, each has developed a different sense more: sight, hearing, smell ....
Words, smells, colors, details, numbers....
The type of documentation of the environment, but more subjective than a normal one.
RULES: The initial shape of my map of Vigo is incomplete. White fragments are left for you - the public. They are to recall memories, to think about the city, to reflect a little. What I ask you is to draw on the white spaces. It is not necessary to draw exactly what is on this site. It may be only one colour or some colours, some lines, some forms, something else that it brings in your mind. If you do not want to draw, I leave you this space to write something.
Please try to fill my map with your intimate accents. So we created together, a city code in a form of 'special patchwork'- mosaic of images, memories, thoughts."




The example of photo with space for drawing.