After a class filled with new information (thanks to Kolean Pittner for her wonderful History of Design presentation last week) you will all probably welcome a work day dedicated to your Mapping groups this Thursday. This is the week of the magic 3's: come to class prepared with ideas for (at least)
three mapping projects connecting
three items chosen from the Mental Mapping assignment list, with (you guessed it...)
three thumbnail diagrams of each. Bring your sketchbooks and any other drawing/visualization materials that you might need to have handy. I will be meeting with each group to discuss your mapping options, as well as each of you individually to discuss your progress in OAD so far this semester. So if you're lagging behind in your blogs or readings, now is the time to catch up before Midterm Evaluations are turned in.
I have been compiling a list of a few of the strangest mapping sites I've come across lately. Special appreciation goes out to Geoffrey for his reminder of the
Strange Maps website, where you can find anything from a photo of the world's largest map (1964 World's Fair) to a map directing you to your next Happy Meal fix anywhere in the US. You may also want to follow the links from the DIA's website to find Rosa Barba's
Vertiginous Mapping project, an interactive work that weaves together
'facts and footage with fictionalized elements to invite the viewer on a pleasantly perplexing journey through a fictionalized country named Forgotten'.
(www.diaart.org)
While you're at it, why don't you take a look at a couple of
Experimental Geography projects from
ICI and the
Albuquerque Museum along with
Ikatun's 12 inches of Weather, a series of drawings that map 12 inches of weather on the human body. And I have been saving these visual explanations of
ear wax and genomes for moments just like this...
p.s. good luck on this week's mystery mapping photo...
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