Time Scales. Free associate. Go.
I tried visualizing time– and came up with very abstract renditions of previous avant garde work I’d seen in the past.
So I began by going through Dali’s old work. Very main stream, I know, but still in essence, highly compelling.
Then I came across his sculptures–
And thinking about the two, I came to the conclusion that what fascinated me was the similarity in their message, even though the medium was completely different.
I then decided to interview my peers on time. And found an observation related to mine on Dali: students had the similar message, but their medium changed compeltely. By medium, I mean how they determined this message of theirs.
their message on time: it doesn’t seem the same. it changes.
But according to what? That changed with every peer I approached.
In terms of tracks I found sociology the most compelling lens through which to explore the concept of “time”. speaking to students on campus, I’ve become to be totally engrossed in the questions they raise and observations they make. And it’s fantastic to see them become enthused as well. At least four of those I spoke to about this have told me later that they had either found themselves thinking these same
every person adds another dimension I had not thought of, or adds a twist to one mentioned by an earlier participant (this is, of course, without any of the interviewees hearing each others’ comments). And what about a map, then?
so i thought of making a go at mapping time. not like the history timelines we see everywhere, but the “experience” of time itself.
Here is the map that will be ultimately embedded in the IUI:
the white line, hardly discernible, is the line of “time” along which, hypothetically, a community’s perceptions on time would be documented. The open space around the line is meant for those observations not directly linked to the “fast” or “slow” perceptions, but basic philosophies on time. That is why there is this sense of ‘depth’ there— to facilitate this notion of time being something that is absolutely illusory and individually configurable.
thoughts about process:
when i was making the movie, it was a little tricky breaking up all my interviews… i know I only have a minute total, and i wanted to put in as many different type of responses as made sense. and then for the actual map, they needed to be all separate. so that made things easier. but just going through it all and figuring out a way to organize it took some energy (i first tried to start 6 new projects, and then planned to go through all the different colored markers on the bottom. but then I decided to simply order my little bits and pieces)
here are the categories I split them up into:
comparing things
–when time moves slow
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