network topology
maps of kindness, maps of stupidity, maps of romance, maps of eccentrics…
maps of kindness, maps of stupidity, maps of romance, maps of eccentrics…
Find a symbol, icon, visual marker or symbolic structure in the city. Pick something that has at least 5 instances within the city – and walkable distance between them. Imagine what links these signs and symbols – map them (on Google Earth for example) and post online for the class.
Her Majesty’s Pleasure:
References to Royalty around the old ‘Penitentiary’
View Media in Public – Her Majesty’s Pleasurein a larger map
The Invader:
The worst invasive characteristics occur in disturbed sites, especially if the disturbance is continued or repeated. Typical areas invaded are, urban wastelands, railways and building sites.
View Media in Public – The Invader in a larger map.
‘Flâneur’ – (a wanderer, a roamer)
Stroll the city in order to experience it, as a detached, gently cynical observer.
A passive figure, who observes the dynamics of the city from a disengaged point of view. Baudelaire called the flâneur ‘a botanist of the sidewalk’.