Visual Analysis Drawing

The drawing composed of 25 free floating, irregular map fragments on a square paper canvas. The map are cut out and spread out in a way that there are spaces in-between for red arrows connecting them. Different size and pattern of arrows, completed with marker, indicates forces and direction from exits of one fragments to the other. A network between islands of urban fabric is formed.
Analysis
At first sight, readers get familiar with the ordinary map that is now cut into pieces. Viewers immediately feel the distance between these noticeable individuals. Disrupt the ordinary form of map we perceived, author of this drawing intentionally splits the urban street map into pieces and reconfigure them to reveal hidden relationship between individual entities, as well as the hidden traces of the living context. Author intended to lure readers to have an
Maps are mainly cut through roads system of the area. As shown in the pattern of arrows, author seems to explore the city through walking aimlessly and he was guided by something that got his attention along the journey. Several small arrows suggest a sudden turns of the author within the city, which supposed to be an unconventional path for the residents there. Different size and pattern of the arrows may also suggest various distance or effort the author has paid to travel from one area to the other. Readers no longer understand the map from an aerial view but rather a street-level perspective and a first-person experience given out by the author. It seems that there is not any specific starting point of the journey and it allows readers to explore by themselves. Readers become travellers through the city. Prorgam occured there and journey become dominant and geography of the city become less important. Everyday lives of the city are emphasized. Unexplored are explored