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relations, ships & wrecks: maps of time and sex

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Created: 10/01/11
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maps that utilize space to communicate time-specific data, and elements of color to communicate qualitative/supporting information.
  • relations, ships & wrecks:
    a series of maps e    xploring time and sex

    this project sleeps quietly at:
    shipsandwrecks.com
  • i made maps that show a person's entire sexual history from the beginning to current day of his or her life. each map represents a single individual, and is based on a list made by its owner.

    the maps explore the idea of a surface area, instead of a timeline in more complicated data sets and visualizations. this solution references the idea of rings in a tree trunk, and allows the viewer to sort the data in different ways. (for example, examining the month of june through the years, considering an entire season, comparing one age to another or even comparing one season to another.

    relations, ships & wrecks was a two-semester project for my bachelor of fine arts degree. it was finished in may '09 after the long-repeated panic of impending failure.
  • → one-page proposal for the project*
         *trimmed and adjusted to fit this content area
  • → all six maps
         paired up loosely by age in columns

         TOP ROW:                                                    BOTTOM ROW:
         left →  58 years, female                          left →  53 years, female
         center →  27 years, male                        center →  33 years, male
         right →  22 years, female                        right →  21 years, female
  • → the map key
         - smushed up a whole lot to cater to the size of this layout
          - shown above the key is an illustration showing how multiple partners at one time were handled

    color brightness and saturation are used to "measure" the sexual and emotional interaction of each experience. this helps give weight and meaning to the maps, as well as encouraging narrative.
  • thanks for this fantastic photo, chris!
  • when: august '08 - may '09
    where: montclair state university; home; in my sleep.
    medium: print + digital. the posters were made in adobe illustrator, printed and mounted on a wall for the senior art show at MSU. the process for this was also documented, discussed and archived. the website is powered by tumblr.
    props: to the brave + awesome people who actually gave me their data; professors john luttropp, anthony inciong & roberta friedman for lots of encouragement and great feedback along the way; the b.f.a film class for being so damn chill and fun to stress out with.

    browse site: finished stuff + process stuff + hanging process + the mapkey
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