Critical Perspective

I was immediately drawn to the lecture on the Flaneur. Without

knowing it I have been engaging in flanerie my whole life. When I look at
things I tend to over-analyse them automatically. I see things in proportion
and angles to the things around it. I see both the negative and physical
spaces as two separates creating a whole instead of one existing within
the other. I see this 'dance' between the two when you change your
perspective that creates new shapes. These shapes are what I have
passion for finding wherever I go. It will be these shapes and what I can do
with them that will drive my journey for Project 2 Critical Selfie.

Critical Summary
My initial inspiration was to navigate the city like it was a labyrinth,
escaping the Minotaur that is my anxiety by finding and hiding in what I
find and seeing the hidden geometry and worlds in them. Lucas (2008,
p.182) explains how The episodic nature of the series [the labyrinth]
allows us to understand one thing at a time, which resonates with me as
a Designer as it helps me focus my mind. This also allows me to turn
something that helps me get better into a critical observation. The
observation, in this case, being how everyday items, objects and locations
are observed in a different way and what kind of an effect it can have on
someone. Furthermore, what spaces and shapes that are created when
your perspective to these objects change.
Through taking this series of photos, editing them and making a
video compilation, I feel I touched on a further point made by Lucas
(Lucas, R. p.182), where he explains that The point of working in this
way is to understand the experience more fully.. What I learned is
that I do not just want to use this form of expression to help me overcome
anxiety, but to encourage others to do so as well. Ideally I would like to
achieve this through some sort of Gamification of the process, but I am
still figuring that out.
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References:
Lucas, R. (2008). Taking a Line for a Walk: Walking as an Aesthetic Practice.
Ways of Walking: Ethnography and Practice on Foot. Hampshire: Ashgate.

I used the following music for the video:

Kopec, B. (2011). Inhale. On Piano and Strings Vol 1 [Digital].
Freeplaymusic.com. (2011)