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Unfortunately, I lost the name of the art work, but my favorite piece in the exhibit are the three videos that are hanging off the walls in the upstairs room. In each video it shows a different locations in NYC over the course of several years and the innovations in such communities. I thought it was just simply amazing that in the midst of 6 years, a vacant lot with a forest in it turned into a series of beautiful condos. In addition, I was able to see the gradual progression of the construction being done, which I thought was very interesting.

I think I gravitated toward this piece of art because all my life I lived in Park Slope. Unfortunately, due to a fire I was forced to leave the only place I called “home”. I don’t visit much because it is so far from where I currently reside, but recently I was able to walk the entire neighborhood on a stroll with my boyfriend. After my pleasant stroll, I can honestly say I barely recognized it. Over the eight years I stopped going to Park Slope, I can say maybe a handful of the places that are on the old block I used to live on, are still there from my time.

As much as I miss my old neighborhood, and walking everyday on 5th avenue, I have to admit that the innovations that have occurred in the past eight years, are amazing. To bad it wasn’t like this when I lived there.

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I really enjoyed our little trip lately. In the first place I was familiar with BRIC before, because they stay behind organization of free music events during summer in Prospect park . The art space by it self are cozy and nice, the idea of exhibition clear and understandable(which is extremely rare for contemporary art). Different authors present almost all types of information as maps, which on my opinion, return us back to the map concept by itself. Originally maps use to present personal information about author experience in order to make it usable for others, and that’s what all artists illustrate beautifully.

I personally find all works very interesting, no matter if they shows some political information about the US bombing, or social data about gentrification, demographic change of population, winning lottery statistic or just ‘drowning of imaginary places’ as Patricia Smith describe her paintings.

 

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The map that I found most interesting during the class visit to BRIC, was the map of Luis from Puerto Rico kitchen. It was interesting because I have never seen a map that laid out the life of an individual, the map give great details of Luis’s life. It gave a description of him, his thoughts were also included ; it also give details of the specific area where he lived, whom he live with, when he moved there, the history of his neighborhood and it accounted for every item that was in his kitchen. The map told a story, and thats what made it interesting to me.
The exhibit definitely changed my perception of maps; I have never thought of using a map to represent anything else other that getting directions to a specific place or maybe finding a treasure.
Since I am aware that maps can tell a story. I would love to map out my work space and tell my story; I think it will be very interesting for my friends and followers to see my life as a jewelry stylist and designer just by reading a map.

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Many maps at BRIC stood out to me like the Foursquare log in/check in map but  the work that left an impression on me was the Joyce Kozloff piece called ‘Targets’.  It was this sphere like structure that you were able to enter and once inside you were able to see all of the countries that the U.S has bombed from 1945 to 2000. Another nice feature was the acoustics of the structure, because any time you said something it was echoed back at you.  I wouldn’t say this piece changed my perspective on maps but it did make me realize that almost all data can be put into map form, the data in ‘Targets’ just illustrated the fact that the U.S has an itchy trigger finger.  One data in my daily life that I would like to visualize on a map would be all of the places in NY that I have been to so far.