Visual Vocabulary + Content

What are the ways you create space?
ways of dealing with/creating space
ways of documentation/translation

MULTIPLES
multifaceted space: scale; near and far
parallax: multiple views of the same thing
visual tiling

DUALITY
simultaneity: two different things going on at the same time
double picture plane

MOVEMENT
I am moving and the optical picture plane is also moving
compressing + expanding time on the surface
continuously building space; mobius
no beginning and no end
constant flux + change

FRAMING
angling vision
windows: adding a lens of vision
threshold for seeing through; inside/outside
reflection: optical devices used for duplicating
panoramic: cone of vision (360 degrees)

LAYERING
weaving: interconnecting layers
montage: when borders are clear and box-like;
used for linearity of narrative
collage: when borders overlap and mix;
allows simultaneity of image structure
revealing and concealing
continuously building

INTERACTION
assemblage of fragments
kit of parts

JUXTAPOSITION
multiple interpretations/multiple meanings
dependant on the person and the situation
timelessness: nonspecific place/dialogue;
can speak to different eras/places

Content is organized by types of places
everyday; anti-destination; non-place; transitional place; threshold

TRANSITION + TRANSPORTATION
inside and outside; space through a moving vehicle;
landscape is moving, you are still
Commuter Rail: space in motion
Highway 5: the non-place between San Francisco and Los Angeles
Highway 95: tourism out the car window at 65mph
East Bay Bike Path: passing through the landscape

WAITING + PASSING THROUGH
sitting but not conscious of the present moment;
waiting for the destination
South Station, Boston: waiting terminal

EVERYDAY + AUTONOMOUS
public/private; routine
my living room and apartment stairwell
grad studio window
commuter rail: informal conversations