Presentation Talk at the Glen Park Library

This is rough outline of the important points we want to talk about in the presentation at the library.

Lindsey: When we first started our project we were interested in the activity of the area, whether it be human activity, animal activity or water activity. And so everyday for a week, we woke up at 7am in hopes of talking to the Glen Park regulars, the people that are involved with the park on a daily basis. As we talked to more and more of these regulars, we actually became more invested in the emotional activity of the area, and so our map transformed into a subjective representation of the emotional patterns we found. (Point to emotional key and explain what each dot means.) As you can see on the map, as we traveled deeper into the canyon, we received more passionate, emotional responses.
Carlos: The topographic elevation lines in the background serve to show that many of the more passionate conversations held were also at higher elevations. (Read a few quotes from bottom to top.) So the content of the conversations held shifts as you read from the bottom (near the entrance) where there are more open trails, to the top where the canyon is more overgrown. Our project serves to reveal the intimacy between a person and a place. A person has to put in some effort in order to read many of the quotes, which represents the time and effort it takes to get to know a place just through talking to strangers.
Alice: At first impression, Glen Canyon seems to be a quiet, hidden escape from city life, but when you talk to the people that go there on a regular basis, you discover that the canyon is bursting with emotional energy. The smaller version of the map we have handed out shows the emotion spots on one side, and the other side shows all of the quotes. Behind the quotes are portraits of some of the people we talked to, and their emotional responses are what shape the body of the canyon. The candidness of the portraits communicate the very personal and passionate feelings a person can have toward a place. We hope that our project inspires others to discover more about their environment by going outside of their comfort zone, and talking to people they wouldn't normally have a conversation with. By doing this, we were able to create a map that shows a pattern in people's emotional responses, which is not always easily seen by an outsider.

We would like to thank you all for allowing us to share with you our experience at Glen Canyon, and we invite you to come and take a closer look at our map at the end of the presentations.