Ideas:
1. Map the out side of a person- start with a realistic drawing at the top of the body, that fades into a shaded topographic map, then to a linear road map of the body
-use a woman laying on her back in an expressive manner facing up towards the drawing plane and cut the page so it is skinny an tall
-or use a woman laying on her side and cut the page to be short and wide.
2. Abstract World Map- made up of realistic drawings of people from each country, each person located over their home land, wearing clothes common or unique to that area.
3. Prime a rectangle wood board and layer paint, glue, electrical equipment, glass, and paper mache to make a 3D land scape representing a place or places. Draw with charcoal the roads and places of importance to me.
4. Create a map in the shape of a human body. Lable the roads as paths that people commonly such as "Education Rd" and "Family Traditions Circle." The bridges as struggles people face such as "Death in the Family Crossing" and "Final Exam State Bridge."
5. Do a combination of these ideas and some new ideas (based mainly on number 1 and 4) to some how gain a satisfied feeling (in this one piece of art) that I explored all of my ideas related to the endless possibilities of mapping.
Types of maps:
Printed- road, typographic, statistic and census info.
Digital- google, map quest
GPS- garmon
Hand drawn- directions
Things that maps do:
Tell stories
Give direction
Inform
Expose
Lead
"All maps are cognitive."
Keep in mind:
People with power create maps
Technology allows precise maps
You can map things that are wrong in daily life, politics, etc.
Brian,
ReplyDeleteThese ideas are very well thought out and specific. I enjoy that about them but I am also excited to see a little spontaneity in your work, as we have discussed your final plan. The 3D landscape plan sounds like it could make for a wonderfully textured piece, possibly you will incorporate some parts of it on your final mapped drawing.
You had mentioned idea #4 in our group discussion and I really liked that one...I also like the others but I think I'm more drawn to #4. I vote that you sketch them all really roughly to get an idea of what they'll actually look like and then see which one will best show how you are feeling/thinking. It's up to you of course but it seems as if all you ideas have potential. Great job!
ReplyDeleteAlso, one of you last comments was that "people with power create maps". One of my classes at the U of M was called "Knowledge and Power". Those two things are so closely related it's really not even funny at all. If you think about who the average person is that is "with power" and what would typically be a characteristic of theirs, it's scary to think about who is feeding society with a majority of it's information. Definitely something to keep in mind when receiving any information and/or looking at all maps.
Good luck and have fun with your map!