{"id":1203,"date":"2014-12-08T23:00:49","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T23:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rbknrbkn.com\/workandprogress\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2014-12-08T23:00:49","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T23:00:49","slug":"corporate-bohemia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbknrbkn.com\/workandprogress\/?p=1203","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Bohemia"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a project that came as a result from\u00a0my research into cartography as a medium for both art and propaganda for my Temporary Expert class.<\/p>\n

Inspired by all that, I wanted to make a map that has two layers of meaning: one apparent that is mundane and sterile, and another that is hidden and “sinister.”<\/p>\n


\n<\/a>
\n<\/a> \"WELCOME\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Propaganda, I feel, has to be about a cause, and the only cause that I am remotely passionate against is the corporate system.<\/p>\n

Naturally, I opted to make an interactive map that a fictional corporation has commissioned and placed in one of its floors so that new employees can interactively get familiar with their new habitat.<\/p>\n

\"BEGIN\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"map3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The user is instructed to click on and only on the colored icons. Upon doing that, labels about the different departments in the floor are displayed.<\/p>\n

\"map10-hr\"<\/a> \"map9-it\"<\/a> \"map8-finance\"<\/a> \"map7-lobby\"<\/a> \"map6-marketing\"<\/a> \"map5-exit\"<\/a> \"map4-conf\"<\/a><\/p>\n

To me, the language of propaganda is the language of slogans. Its most natural medium is the medium of graphic posters.<\/p>\n

When the user “defies” the obvious instructions by clicking on other, non-highlighted elements on the map, including some of the desks, the conference room’s screen, and the rest rooms, posters are displayed with anti-corporate messages.<\/p>\n

\"map16-tv\"<\/a> \"map15-sick\"<\/a> \"map14-cheese\"<\/a> \"map13-stationery\"<\/a> \"map12-eye\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I opted to have an eerie piano music piece to accompany the map, and also make the animation of the pieces floaty and slow to communicate a mood of unease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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