After gathering a group together for a short session I'll probably have to draw a map of my own as an example (so that others will know just how deep into details I want to drill into). I'll have to keep the example vague, though, so that others won't be too influenced by it. Anyway, those are specifics that I can work out on the spot. My goal is to gather a minimum of ten nice maps and throw them into good old Photoshop, where I can turn them into semi-official tourist map type thingies that I can then print out (double-sided), fold, and stack into a stand for people to pick up.
Espoon Keskus is new to me, so I'm excited about finding where people actually go and spend time. I really can't imagine. And yet... there _are_ people there. All around. Another nice aspect of this project is turning private views of the place into public ones i.e. breaking the boundaries of what's official and what's not. A school-dodging teen's perception of the place is just as real as the city's official one (in my humble opinion). So there's that.
Aaaaand, finally... Another rush of traffic I'm tempted to run into is the one in Espoontori. There's a fantastic set of round(ish) lights hanging from the highest part of the shopping center's ceiling. And you know what? You guessed it: I'd like to project some type of image onto at least one of the lamps. A live video stream from somewhere else was obviously (?) my first idea, but I've come to change my mind. If anything, a nice clear set of still images would be much more powerful. Maybe an animation of a single eye scanning the people below? Or maybe an "I Wish Espoontori had..." type of collection of answers. I have a bunch of index cards from the States where people passing by could fill out their wish for the building's use.
I could ramble on for another two pages, but I think I'll stop now. We'll see what happens tomorrow.
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