Maps and Journeys Idea 1 Rough

Nature: A journey of my favourite places or frequently journeyed places/areas.

Sound: Whilst the sound of the environment plays through headphones to immerse the audience into the piece. Getting deep details of the surroundings similar to the clip below (start at 3:18). Note that it isn't a journey you follow by actually looking for the noises, the sounds immerse the audience further into the journey.The sound will be 3D based getting the surround sound gathering as much of the environment as possible. Inspired by chris welsby nature (using nature as a theme).

Visual: Choosing different environments to share with an audience to give everyone a new experience or a nostalgia trip if they have been there before. Possibly just skylines with a hint of the landscape so it's not too personal. The footage of the skyline will move slowly forward as if walking or travelling.  Either using a wide angle lens or multiple shots to create a wide shot of each environment. Repeating the 2 minute edits onto the walls of a room, which a person stands in the center of the room watching the journey. Visually it will be similar to Pipilotti Rists "sip my ocean" and Chris Welsby 'skylight'.

Audience: For people to relate too and to put people into my shoes or someone else's shoes to experience something different.
My first idea is related to nature, specially a journey through different environments.

Friday 26th - Psycho-Geography

Sadly I was not well enough to come this lesson, however Leah put the tasks up on MyUCA so I was able to take part in the task set. Reading through the PDF file written by Leah, herself. She describes her experiences with Psycho-Geographical adventure in Stockholm. Reading about Psycho-Geography for the first time was an interesting experience as in previous years of GCSE geography has interested me to want to become a geologist. So the implication of geography or the physical earth used in art, caught my attention.

I tried doing as Leah said, writing my name in a map of Farnham and Aldershot, however my name was too long and the streets were too long or windy to write it. So on a bus ride home I got idea to walk a long straight road which I've been many times in various points in my life. However I've only ever been down that road in a vehicle so I decided to walk it. Using my DSLR to document new and interesting things.  

Key Points and Words

Key points and words for when coming up with an idea for the project. Some points are for the idea in general, some are for installation ideas and how to publicize them.

-Dissemination - Spreading the word of the installation or idea, getting it out there.
-Audience engagement - Getting people interested in the idea or installation.

-Meaning of maps and journey
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               Metaphors        Way to portray
            (space & time)           them            

-Feelings and emotions towards the idea or project -

-Interactive, get the audience involved

-Group or not too group? that is the question

Brief and Mind map

Brief

The brief for this term is Maps and Journey. This project enables you to explore the metaphor of ‘journeys’ to investigate narrative and non-linear ideas. The concept of ‘journey’ can be a interpreted as a process of thought, an exploration of the image, memory, psychogeography, taxonomies; ecologies; indexes or archives enabling experimental approaches to the static or moving image.

So to start off the term I made a mind map to help with research and the overall idea.