Mapping

Here a selection of different prototypes exploring mapping as a medium.

Parallel Motion

Collaborators: Hankyeol Na, Rosa Ng, John Outwater, Yichan Wang, and Terri Ayanna Wright

Mapping Urban Spaces with Parallel Motion captures movement in all senses of the word. Whether it is moving in the scene, movements of the camera, or sounds to contextualize, we believe focusing our approach in this way offers an insightful perspective of Paris. The style of edits and clip sequences were optimized to show the energy of each moment, with skateboarding and other activities as a lens to view a new urban environment.

Moving with the Idle

Collaborators: Hankyeol Na, Rosa Ng, John Outwater, Yichan Wang, and Terri Ayanna Wright

Moving with the Idle is a VR experience combining dance with an architectural 360 video. We invite the spectator to reevaluate their relationship to certain abandoned spaces in Berlin, all the while observing our impetus for bringing newly reclaimed energy into these spaces.

Two Bridges

    1. Zoned Out! Race, Displacement, and City Planning in New York City by Tom Angotti and Sylvia Morse, Editors

    2. Contested City, Art and Public History as Mediation at New York’s Seward Park Urban Renewal Area by Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani

    3. The Plan for Chinatown and Surrounding Areas Report by Pratt Center for Community Development, December 2013

This map visualizes the dynamic movement of urban environments of Two Bridges in Downtown Manhattan primarily focusing on the streetscapes surrounding Henry St., Clinton St., East Broadway, and Canal. The neighborhood boundaries I defined are based on my relationship with the place I frequented in the past few years as a resident.

My primary mapping method was using Google Maps’ image data to represent a visual timeline and the Census Bureau’s population data to show the changes in the neighborhood through numbers. The project aims to document the neighborhood’s changes during ongoing urban developments to highlight the time frame for gentrification in a community.

Interactive Map

This is a hi-fi prototype of an interactive timeline for Native American history starting pre-colonization to 2010. The bulk of the timeline is referencing Native Voices and An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-ortiz.

It took me a few weeks to get over the amount of historical information I had tasked myself with. My main challenge was to figure out how to translate the research into a consumable visualization that the audience could easily digest. Creating these different sets of images and playing with interaction was another way for me to take a deeper dive into the research. I had to learn to let go, such as the idea of mapping out accuracy and focusing on the narrative that I want the audience to follow.