I started this walk in the hopes that I could also film what I was doing at the same time...a difficult task indeed. I found my attention being pulled in too many directions so I concentrated on making the film and just set my phone to record my track. I did however snap a few photos and pass a guitar player as well as some Physical Plant sounds near the AMAFCA channel on North Campus. I notice more areas to explore every time I walk this same route. There are places forgotten that also continue to cry out for attention. On the way back toward George Pearl Hall I noticed someone sitting under a large drain pipe and thought it a could place to rest and take shelter from the sun. While secretly desiring a more urban playground (not so secret anymore) than Albuquerque, I have discovered that the mix of the urban and wild makes for an interesting dichotomy. There are so many "unfinished" corners of the city and the walking has indeed revealed that notion to me.
I was able to create and place the QR code/objects throughout various locales in the city. Two will be directly available to the people volunteering to take my walk and elucidate some landscape using a smart phone. I will post photos of the process of making these objects and some photos of their placement throughout the city. It was cathartic to make something physical for this project and I believe grounds the work by alluding to a possible design intervention one might make when attempting to cater to a smart phone using crowd. I wonder if people will know what to do with them and indeed this may be a shortcoming of the finished product. I wanted to keep the objects mysterious to only the most curious of user but I fear that may be too limiting. Two days out in the environment however, and we will see what results more time may bring.
View 2011-03-28 10:17 in a larger map
Walk #7
Sounds from Monday morning by itajan
No comments:
Post a Comment