Collected Topographies

In a world when everything is over integrated - so much so, that our very own desires are flattened and replaced with attention capturing mechanics, we need containment with discernment, and permission to fail. Collected Topographies is an exercise in this particular balance.

This practice offers an alternative to sharing in networked spaces that are not dependent on platform capitalist technologies. It is a way to rethink digital tools for archiving.

Collected Topographies is an exercise in memory and archiving in networked space. It speculates on alternatives for capturing intimate ideas and moments when subconscious creativity emerges “accidentally.” As a personal project, I started hosting collaborative map-making events where I instruct collaborative drawing prompts with friends’ personal items to create a collective map which I then scan and upload to New Art City. I learned how to create conditions that let people feel comfortable reconnecting with their creative urges. This was also presented for Skillhaus (2025), Parsons TIME Undergraduate class (2025), and Cornish College of the Arts (2025) Immersive Narrative Environments.

This is a work in progress. See the work at New Art City.

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