Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Intent One : Mapping the Weird

THE NEXT FEW POSTS ARE INTENTS THAT I WROTE FOR CLASS TO CHOOSE A MORE SPECIFIC DIRECTION , I am thinking "Intent Three" is the one i am pursuing most, but i find them all interesting!

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INTENT ONE: Mapping the weird

Time is one thing that we rely on each day yet cannot fully fathom. Time can degrade people and places, but what about the mystery of time and place. People often leave behind a legacy of themselves over time at given places. Native American cultures will stay on land for a long time honoring their ancestors, whereas new neighbors claim their house be haunted.

Time is a very mysterious thing that is hard to visualize. Once we are gone, do we remain? Does time give us insight into itself with deja vu? That is what this project hopes to investigate. The mysteries of places. Many times we see shows of haunted places, read in books, but how are all of these things connected.

Using mapping and tagging technology I hope to investigate times decay on places. Many times we feel like we have been somewhere when we have Deja Vu, and these experiences may be related to the paranormal. Historic layers and personal experiences can be helpful for this. From hearing a weird creak in the bathroom or having a dream come true, the unexplainable may become more visible on a visual space, and maybe visualizing the weird things that happen to us can better help us deal with them!

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