Map project continues...

I've been recording some conversations on a dictaphone, and trying to figure out how I'd like to construct my map, and what information it should include... After seeing a typographic diagram based around a circle that someone had shown as research in our group meeting on Friday, I had an idea of one way I could make my map... I wrote it on the back of a cinema ticket, which was the only thing I had to hand at the time...



It may be slightly difficult to read... The idea is that circles will represent different topics in the conversation. The remarks made on this topic (in type) will radiate from the circumference of the circle and there could be a scale on the inside of the circle (like on a clock face) representing the time elapsed in the conversation. A comment which results in a change of topic branches out to start a new circle.

Here's a rough (but still neater!) version I've started on Illustrator...



Here are some more worked into versions I've made...





I've been thinking about adding some sort of divisions inside the topic circles to represent the time elapsed during the conversation, as I originally planned in my cinema ticket sketch. I'm not sure though... I think maybe it might be better without. Here are a few research images of clock faces I've been looking at though...

Map project

Maps of all sorts can always be exciting, but I liked the idea of trying to make a map of something that doesn't usually get made into a map...
I'm not sure why, but the first thing that came to mind was conversations.
Conversations can easily be thought about visually, and I liked the idea of trying to express a conversation; map it out, using images to show the different ideas, thoughts and topics. Conversations also have a flow, and can be linear, since they elapse over a specific time period...
I thought it would be interesting to try and map out a conversation, and its progressions and random tangents in a sort of flow chart perhaps, to illustrate the passage of time as well as the ideas discussed.
So I have been researching visual ways of expressing thoughts and ideas, such as mind maps, and also some strange examples of mapped conversations which I found on Google image. I have also been trying to focus on my conversations with people, follwing how the topics progress and evolve. I have got hold of a dictaphone which I'm going to use to record some conversations over the weekend... which should be fun!!

Here are some of the images I found online...

Video...

Here's my video from our first project.
It's basically the past year of my life with my boyfriend documented in photos...
I take a lot of photos and I'm always struck by their ability to bring memories flooding back.
I thought about the past year of my life, which has ben really significant for me in that I began my relationship with my boyfriend almost exactly a year ago, which is the longest relationship I've ever been in, and I decided I wanted to try and condense all my memories of my time with him into a mintue (or so) of moving image using a very fast moving slide show. Here it is...



To make the opening shots of the orchid flower reanimating itself, or coming back to life from its shiveley dead-ness, I thought it would be best to get hold of a suitable flower, and then wait for it to wilt naturally, photographing it regularly from the same angle and lighting conditions as it did so. However, I realised that due to the time constraints of the project, there wouldn't be enough time for this... So I decided that I could speed up the "wilting" process by cooking my orchid in the oven, and as long as I photographed it regularly enough (every 3 minutes or so in a 150 degree fan oven!), a very similar effect could be achieved. I'm quite pleased with the results, but I do think if I'd individually adjusted each shot, (upping the brightness, particularly) it would look better. Here are some of the original shots of the flower...