Re worked time map based on critiques.
The new layout of this piece displays a repetition of the routine in my life that I can’t seem to get away from since school has started. Another concept that I wanted to display was my perception of relationships and communication relative towards time.
Everyday starts and begins the same way. I wake up, eat a little, go to class, do some work, possibly meet up with somebody, and go to sleep. I feel disconnected from this city, its people, and its structures. The atmosphere is so fast paced I barely have time to stay in one location long and really absorb what is going on. I think when you go off on your own and spend most the time by yourself, the days tend to grow longer and the hours pass by much slower because you just feel so alone. The other day I was discussing with a friend that only one week of orientation already felt like one drawn out month. We had already accomplished more things that week than we would have in the suburbs for a month.
The other subject I wanted to touch upon was relationships. When you have the time to spend with your closest friends and family and you are having so much fun just living in that moment, years can speed right past you and you wouldn’t even realize it. Although, in the city I feel as though I haven’t been able to make that connection with people. Even when I was able to visit my friend in the afternoon or spend time with my family, those moments were still just brief encounters that they merely became just another interval to my day. As soon as I sat down to chat with them it felt like a second later I had to stand up again to say goodbye. They had their own tasks to still do and I had my own.
New York’s energy is neither good nor bad, but sometimes it is good to distance yourself from it to reconnect to it again
The Process:
This project took several changes to get to the final. We learned about creating several iterations or drafts for this process. Before each iteration or draft began the photos were mapped out in my journal and then glued down to newsprint in order for presentation. The first two parts dealt with spacing the photos on a linear timeline while the last two dealt with both the perception of space and time.
In-between each iteration and during each class we would check our progress. I think this round of critiques gave me a lot of insight on how I can convey my original message in a clear way. Looking back at the very first timeline I presented, it now seems very jumbled up with no certain order. As I continued along with this project and change the order around taking suggestions from others, I think where my timeline is now sets a stronger impression for the original message I wanted to convey.
I think even listening to other people’s projects was beneficial. I really began to understand how different other people’s perception of time was. I even learned how some might be similar to my perception as well and I could sometimes relate to how others saw the time passing. Time passes in different ways and I how people perceive it is very circumstantial to that point they are at in their life.
