Collages of User Activated Space Iteration 2 (Continued)

Process of Mapping Interaction

Continuing my investigation on user activated space, I discovered an additional layer of interest in not only how a user activated with a space, but also how a space leaves its imprint upon a user. Having an individual walk through the rope with wet paint on them, I was able to map both how a user moves and interacts within a space, but also how the space leaves its imprint upon the user.

Collages of User Activated Space Iteration 2

Perception of User Activated Space

Continuing my investigation on user activated space, I added a layer of perception into the mix by walking across plexi-glass. In doing this, I was able to map how I interacted with the pieces of canvas, thus representing my interaction with the space. In addition, flipping the plexi-glass around to the other side, I was able to see the pure interaction between my foot and the space, ultimately giving a different perception on the same experience. 

Collages of User Activated Space

User Moving Through Space

Map of User Activity

Mapping how a user interacts within a space or moves through a space to further an understanding of how an individual exists within a space. 

Collages of Perception

Perception of an Experience

  Perception of Space 

In these collages I was trying to depict how every individual perceives their external reality differently then another, based upon their own internal self-understanding. While there may be some similarities within each individual's perception of an object or an experience, each perception is fundamentally unique to the individual's internal understanding of their external reality. 

Advertisement and the "Veil of Culture"

Contemporary Advertisement

Despite the many benefits that the high speed exchange of information has brought to the American culture, media and advertisement is becoming a self-perceptional overload. An individual is continuously subjected to a never ending stream of advertisement that suggests that they would be happier or more socially exceptable if they acted in a certain manner or perceived their external reality in the manner the advertisement depicts. This overload of false cultural perception is beginning to dictate how an individual perceives themselves within American culture, ultimately causing them to repress their internal desires of self-expression for fear of their external perception of reality.