Through this work I wanted to highlight the problem of cultural segregation in Auckland.
Each region is elevated according to the size of its population. Each colour of Fibre Optic string represents a different predominant cultural group, arranged according to the percentage of population in each region, based on official statistics.
As a multi cultural person who has experienced this segregation, I think it is vital for the development of Auckland as an influential, united city that strong links between the diffrent groups of people are developed. Starting from the way we plan our city to the way we interact with people of other cultures. I believe a move into this way of thinking needs to be done now, before Auckland becomes a divided heterogeneous metropolis.
Study of Light on Auckland Motorway
Bhind CBD
Study of Light on Auckland Motorway
Fenshaw St
Study of Light on Auckland Motorway
Off the Bridge
Study of Light on Auckland Motorway
Off the Bridge
Study of Light on Auckland Motorway
Approaching the CBD
Study of Light on Auckland Motorway
Cook St off Ramp
1 comment:
hi dasha,
The social agenda of your mapping project is really encouraging to see and I think you have tackled a difficult and complex task.
I was initially confused by the connections to the motorway imagery (do you see the motorway an inclusive space of diversity? are aucklanders only comfortable with multiculturalism from the safety and detachment of their car? what about driving prejudices... road rage as symptomatic of cultural intolerance..?) and then I read further on that you had abandoned this line of study. perhaps it would have helped to update the front page imagery in line with this change in conceptual direction.
the mapping you produced is well made and technically ambitious and from what you have written there is some rigour in the mapping process. I am still a bit confused as to how to "read" what you have mapped. presumably different colours represents different cultures, but how do I know which is which? similarly for the vertical scale, and does this mapping account for varying population densities? and what about smaller minority cultures?
For me your piece speaks of mixture and interaction rather than segregation. Perhaps I read this work in a more positive and optimistic light than you intended. I wonder if you wanted to communicate an idea of cultural segregation how this might have come through stronger in the finished work.
personally I quite enjoy thinking of auckland as a sort of confused tangle of cultures, but I dont know if this quite achieves what you set out to show. Maybe the data you have mapped challenges your preconceptions, or needs to include a qualitative aspect.
still, a real successs in presenting data in an engaging spatial context. well done.
chris
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