mapping your sense of place: discovering, understanding, embracing
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The text in this PP, unless otherwise noted, are quotes from Lucy Lippard's 1997, The Lure of the Local, Senses of Place In a Multi-Centered Society. Place and time makes us who we are. How can these be sources for greater understanding of self and society. Consider how several artists have used mapping techniques to enlarge persepctives. See art and visual culture from the area around Wichita Falls, Texas.TRANSCRIPT
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
