Saturday, 9 March 2019

Map Link to Holbeck?

Google Maps 


http://theconversation.com/how-google-street-view-became-fertile-ground-for-artists-77845 

'What, exactly, is it about Google Street View that makes it so appealing to creative types? Perhaps it allows us to experience the fantasy of what scholar Donna Haraway called “the God’s trick” – the impossible desire to see everything.'

'Never before have people had such easy, on-demand visual access to public spaces all over the globe, and over the past decade artists have wielded this immense power to comment on issues ranging from surveillance to sex work.'


Faceless Entity 


'In 2008, one year after the launch of Street View, Google incorporated face-blurring technology to protect the identities of passersby captured by its cameras. But the technology isn’t without glitches. Rafman’s image of a man in a bunny costume with a blurred face next to a “real” person’s face draws an unsettling juxtaposition; it’s a reminder that Google Street View is incapable of telling the difference between this masked person and you. In so doing, Rafman’s image exploits the most basic fear of mass surveillance regimes: that you’ll be just another faceless entity.'


Forgotten Streets


'Doug Rickard, in an exhibition called “A New American Picture,” documented the “forgotten streets” of America by curating images of the disenfranchised in their downtrodden neighborhoods. 







Superimposed paintings on their modern settings 


Halley Docherty has used Google Street View to superimpose famous paintings and album covers on their modern settings (for example, the Beatles crossing the street on today’s Abbey Road).







Before and After Gif


'Justin Blinder’s “Vacated” project turns Google Street View images into GIFs that alternate between before-and-after photos of gentrified street corners in New York City.'




Mapping of construction in Brooklyn (2007-2014)

Could be replicated in Leeds as map to navigate the growth of the city. or the destruction of areas or the deterioration/falling of businesses in an area. 

Could link to the red light district in Holbeck - Leeds, and its impact on the businesses in the area.

'Residents living near a managed red-light zone in Leeds have said they will protest every two weeks until the sex trade is moved. People living in the Holbeck area said they had been plagued by anti-social behaviour since the zone was set up. The area aims to protect sex workers from abuse and supporters of it said the women that used it felt "safer".' - BBC




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