As I progress to the summer session, the height of my research has started to formulate interesting ideas. The visualizations have directed my attention more to the placement and layout of certain types of visual culture in specific locations, rather than specifically focusing on the interpretation that these images might have on my students (although this idea has not been expunged out of my research). The more visualizations that I created, the more some of these ideas started to become more evident and of greater interest to me.
My last visualization consists of two neighborhoods in the Southern portion of the Southeast Quadrant. For the visualization, I continued with the incorporation of collaged maps on the background, and for the other one I incorporated the images of visual culture that was collected through all the neighborhoods I was able to cover. I collaged those images on the background, but I am a little concerned with my use of photo quality paper. The paper had a few issues when I “Mod-Podged” the images. Many of the pictures started to warp and bump as they dried because I was not able to apply the glue in a cross-hatch fashion for all of them. This created some areas of concern when the photos rose from the wood, and when I drew the neighborhood map and applied the nails for the visual culture points.
My concern is that I actually find both maps to be important in relaying information. I enjoy the collaged map because of its reference to Rochester and its neighborhoods. I think it gives the information that is needed to direct the viewer towards the idea that the specific neighborhoods are coming from this given area of Rochester, NY. However, the visual culture also gives information in regards to the purpose of the nails and the textile radiuses. I like the idea that it gives information of what was found in these locations (maybe offering images that encourage others to discover this area).
I have contemplated doing another two. One of the overall Southeast Quadrant of Rochester, NY and another of the last full neighborhood that I was able to cover in the research. For these I was thinking of collaging both pictures and maps to unify the two different backgrounds. Specifically doing this with the overall map of the Southeast Quadrant, and completing the last neighborhood with collaged images of the visual culture that was collected. However, I have a tendency to include more images of murals because of bias on being drawn to the coloration and overall composition of those images.