Final Project:
Counter Mapping: Origins, Directions & Locations
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REQUIREMENTS:
1. Using the name of the street where you grew up as a starting point, create a poster/book as outlined below.
2. Using drawing and collage, create something that maps your origins, your directions, and your locations.
3. Successful designs will maintain two levels of composition – – the overall poster and the multiple frames within the folded book. Please also consider the sequence of images as well as the beginning and the end. Keep in mind that the viewer may refold your poster back into a book in a manner you did not intend, thereby changing its sequential order.
Your poster/book can be a map used for clarity and navigation, or it can be a journey into mystery without a specific destination.
2. Using drawing and collage, create something that maps your origins, your directions, and your locations.
3. Successful designs will maintain two levels of composition – – the overall poster and the multiple frames within the folded book. Please also consider the sequence of images as well as the beginning and the end. Keep in mind that the viewer may refold your poster back into a book in a manner you did not intend, thereby changing its sequential order.
Maps can tell stories and shows relationships, they don't have to be to scale, and they can be non-linear. Consider the assumptions one makes when using maps. Do maps create borders and boundaries, or do maps create paths and bridges to new places?
This assignment is not a literal map, but instead think of it as a visual story, or performative image poetry.
This story/poem can have the logic of a dream. This is a story of your origins and childhood, mapping your directions and journey to your present moment.
Poster/Book Template
Begin with a single sheet of paper, at least 24"x30". Refer to the diagram above for more information how to cut/fold your paper.
Details of this project will be discussed in class.