mapping your sense of place: discovering, understanding, embracing

MAPPING YOUR SENSE OF PLACE: DISCOVERINGUNDERSTANDINGEMBRACINGLIZ LANGDON- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS

SPACE DEFINES LANDSCAPE, AND SPACE COMBINED WITH

MEMORY DEFINES PLACE

If space is where culture is lived,

then place is the result of the union.

(Lucy Lippard, 1997)

Doris BolesRabbit Creek Bridge Near Randlett, OK

GOOD REGIONAL ART HAS BOTH ROOTS AND REACH (LIPPARD, 1997)

Frank Tenney Johnson, Range Boss of the SMS Ranch (Joe Ericson), c.1935

ROOTS DEFINED

•What kind of Roots?

•Local styles subordinate

•Centered

•Hierarchical

ART

RHIZOME ROOTS

•De-centralized Networks

•Horizontal

• Non-Hierarchical

•Non-reproducible structure

•Adds on, and on

Art

cars

ART

DIY

Craft

INTERNET RHIZOME

• Clusters of straight lines that combine into bigger clusters

• all connected in some way

• can be used to frame the mind, memory, language and culture.

FRAMING CULTURE

Infographic: Mapping The 70-Year Gestation Of Street Art. In the annals of “Fine Art History”

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670917/infographic-mapping-the-70-year-gestation-of-street-art#1

“GOOD REGIONAL ART HAS BOTH ROOTS AND REACH (LIPPARD, 1997)

•How far can your art reach ?

•Spatially?

•Conceptually?

• Temporally?

HOW DOES PLACE/SPACE MATTER TODAY?

map of Lordy Rodriguez http://www.amoainteractive.org/lordyrodriguez2009/

IN WHAT WAY CAN PLACE ENTER INTO CONCEPTUALLANGUAGE ?

Rust Belt

Bible Belt

Unchurched Belt

Grain Belt

Rice Belt

Black Belt

Jello Belt

Sun Belt

Banana Belt

RETHINKING TEMPORALITY: BERGSON’S CONE

You are the Red Dot

DURATIONhttp://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayah

Culture defines PLACE and its meaning to people

Why is the sculpture there?

Who does it serve?

What does it say about the place that surrounds it?

How does place define culture?

Land, history and culture meet in a multi-centered society that values place, but cannot be limited to one view How is this so?

What is your view?

How is it formed?

What ideals does it embody?

Is it localized thinking?

THE CULTURE OF PEOPLE IS UNINTENTIONALLY REFLECTED IN ITS COMMON EVERYDAY LANDSCAPE

• “No place” where these elements are unknown or invisible. (Scale: Too vast, Too small)

“PLACELESSNESS” A PLACE IGNORED, UNSEEN OR UNKNOWN

MESQUITE TREES- AUDRA MILLER

MESQUITE TREES-DORIS BOLES

“SOME PLACE” WHAT WE ARE ALL LOOKING FOR

psychological echoes

social ramifications

HISTORICAL WICHITA FALLS

Jack Stephens- Ouichita

POSSIBILITIES OF UNCOVERING THE INVISIBLE

EXPLORING SHARED PASTS

• An artist’s task can be to recover memory and history in ways that psychologically allows people to enter the public sphere in meaningful and committed ways (Pinar, 1991)

MISSING

GOOD REGIONAL ART HAS BOTH ROOTS AND REACH WHAT CONNECTION CAN YOUR ART MAKE TO PLACE?

Conceptual Mapping of cyber placesConceptual Mapping of Creative Inspirations

MIND MAP TO RECENT LIVES

THANK YOU

Liz Langdon, -University of North Texas

lizlangdon1@gmail.com