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Tag archive for ‘maps’
Mapping as Representation
This event will take place on Friday, September 12, 6 - 8pm in Tafel Hall/lowest level at the Center for Architecture. This is event is free; no RSVP required.
Project Description::
Mapping has the potential to make information accessible and to represent the unrepresented. As we navigate the vast, decentralized communication networks of the 21st century, we need [...]
Persuasive Ecologies: New Interaction Partners for Environmental Governance
This panel discussion will take place Thursday, September 11, from 2:30 PM to 3:45 PM as part of the Thursday Presentation Series. Tickets can be purchased here.
Project Description:
Recent interest in mapping environmental conditions, particularly those of cities, has led to a veritable explosion in the number of information visualization projects that attempt to raise awareness [...]
TourIna Box
This project will appear in the gallery space of Conflux HQ for the duration of the festival.
Project Description::
TourIna Box is a multimedia, interactive tool used to map a series of destinations that narrate a personal experience. Using audio recording, maps and artifacts the user tells a story that can be passed on and experienced by [...]
Tactile Mapping
This project will take place in the area around Conflux HQ on Saturday, September 13, from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM.
Project Description::
The walking/chin loom provides a new way to map city surfaces by gathering and ordering found materials into a woven document. A found material will be taken from each city block that is walked [...]
Broadway Dreams
This project will be presented at the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) event at Conflux HQ on Thursday, September 11, from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM. In addition, the artist will present a walking tour on Sunday, September 14 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM starting at Conflux HQ - Zone A.
Come down & join [...]
Lines of Travel
This off-site project will occur on Thursday, September 11 and Friday, September 12, from 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM and 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM. Participants should look for Lines of Travel around subway stations in the West Village.
Project Description::
During a regular work day people from different neighborhoods commute to perform their daily activities and [...]
Manhattan’s Urban Fabric
This project will take place in Manhattan parks throughout the weekend: on Thursday, September 11, the artist will be in Tompkins Square Park, and on Friday, September 12, she will be in Union Square. Both days her hours will be from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM. On Saturday, September 13, she will be in Washington [...]
Fake Attraction
This self-guided project will operate throughout the festival on Staten Island, with a map available at Conflux HQ; in addition, the artist will lead a tour beginning at Conflux HQ - Zone C on Saturday, September 13, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM.
Project Description::
Hopping on board a ferry to Staten island… is something you don’t [...]
Cartography of Protest and Social Changes
This panel discussion will take place at Conflux HQ on Sunday, September 14, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
Project Description::
The spread of global positioning systems, interactive geolocating tools and social networks have ensured that mapping is even more fashionable than the new black.
New technologies have not just freed us from the curse of impossibly [...]
Bike the Bike Streets
This scheduled event will take place from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM on Saturday, September 13, at Conflux HQ - Zone B.
Project Description::
The interactive bike map will be made using simple internet coding and existing software. Cyclists will be handed an existing New York City bike map and an insert, made by myself, directing [...]
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