Preparing my Pecha Kucha presentation for this week made me think much more concrete about the objective of my research, and the argument I am going to spatialize. Reading Olivia Mitchell’s advices for holding a Pecha Kucha presentation also directed ...Read More
Stumbling blocks are useful. I should like to admit that I've been a little frustrated with the progress I've made in my study of speakeasies, prohibition, bar culture, and media theory. For just a few reasons. Firstly, there's simply so much ...Read More
My search for information on video game arcades in the city led me first to the Department of Consumer Affairs. The DCA handles all licensing and records for businesses in the city, so I figured they would have an exhaustive ...Read More
Note: When I wrote this proposal my plan, or the idea I thought would become the plan was that I would try to amass as many walking tour itineraries, accounts and maps as possible to see what parts of New ...Read More
Starting my research slowly but I should say surely, I've taken a few notes on a pair of places, but have yet to approach what I would classify as an "authentic" speakeasy. Which leads me to believe that the term "authenticity" ...Read More
Background & Context On Tuesday, September 21, 2010, the latest chapter was written in the moving history of media messaging within New York City's subway transit system. As of that date, passengers along the 42nd Street shuttle line between Times ...Read More
...I was just tired of doing homework in my dorm room in New School's housing on William Street. First, I was 24 at the time and, frankly, too old to be living in a space that small with two other ...Read More
After Jesse's lecture last evening, I thought a lot about the direction of my (and our) mapping project, imagining ways I could string together several types of media that would enhance the rather factual nature of my research. I was ...Read More
Hi there, Below you will find my proposal (I have only removed the bibliography section). I would love to explore some collaboration areas. For example, I see both, pigeons and delivery guys as messengers. While food delivery is in a constant ...Read More
I've been thinking about what kind of media I would like to include in my map and I realized that I going to have to deal with a familiar foe: Copyright. I'm planning on visiting the Creative Time Archive in the ...Read More