Baltimore: what I think, what I know, what they say.

Baltimore: 10 things I think, 10 things I know, 10 things they say. from Andy Mangold on Vimeo.

For my Design Coalition course this semester, we will be doing 5 quick, one week turn around projects. The first prompt was 10 things I think about Baltimore, 10 things I know about Baltimore, and 10 things they say about Baltimore.

I didn’t really start to truly discover the city until I started riding my bike everywhere. I found myself more comfortable just going a direction without knowing where I was headed. So, I decided to try and show the world what it’s like to see Baltimore from the seat of a bike. This required me building a little helmet cam rig, and the results are a little shaky, but that is the nature of riding a bike in pot-hole USA. This was really my first time making a video from beginning to end as well, and while I am not thrilled with the finished product, I am glad I pushed myself out of my comfort zone.

For the “10 things they say about Baltimore” portion of the prompt, I thought it would be best for me to integrate video footage from outside sources concerning Baltimore. It would be inaccurate for me to sit down and guess what the outside perceptions of Baltimore are, so I used a combination of clips from interviews, travel TV shows, and The Wire to paint a picture of Baltimore’s portrayal in the media.

Creative Commons: “Bathroom” by Janeen

“Bathroom” from Noodle on Vimeo.

As some of you may know, I have all of my content on both my flickr and my website licensed with an attribution license from the Creative Commons. I am a big supporter of what the Creative Commons is doing, and I am all about the sharing of knowledge, art, and information. A nice young lady named Janeen let me know she used one of my images in a video piece of hers, so exciting! You can see the video, and interesting experiment in visual “speed” poetry, above.

Thanks Janeen, YOU ROCK!