Continuing
on from my data visualisation work from the last unit I have begun to look
at the information surrounding
Manchester airport. I have chosen this source of data as it is a huge travel network with over 600 daily flights whilst also conecting Manchester with the wider world . Through looking at the travel movement, I have begun to
manipulate the data and timings surrounding the arrival and departure of
aircraft at Manchester airport, through the use of colour, proportion and
placement.
I visited
the airport and was very fortunate to be given the opportunity to have access to the
fire station and the watch tower which gave a fantastic perspective of the
terminals. From these aerial images I have
begun to draw to create a sense of the space to be incorporated into my work. The markings on the runways and the shapes created when seen from above were particularly interesting as it showed the location from a new angle.
I looked into incorporating the destination the aircrafts were travelling to and arriving from through the country’s flag, focusing on the colour. But these drawings were not successful
as the colours and shapes were too obvious and block like. In future work, I would like to incorproate this idea of representing the place (in this case the country) along with the data as it adds further meaning to the work.
Furthermore,
I installed my work at Stockport Art Gallery for the exhibition
‘Irregularities’, a collective of work from Level 6 embroidery
students It was a great experience as I had the opportunity
to personally install my work in a gallery and begin to learn about the
considerations of curating a group exhibiton, such as promotion and
professionalism of displaying.
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