i made maps that show a person’s entire intimate and sexual history from the beginning to current day of his or her life. each map represents a single individual’s lifespan. relations, ships & wrecks was a two-semester project for my bachelor of fine arts degree. it was completed by may ‘09. this website currently exists to document the process but has been on hiatus for the last couple of years as i have been busy with post-college things :) but i am poking at this again, so we’ll see where it goes. no deadlines this time, for better or worse. take a look at the poster or read the proposal to get a better idea of what this is about.Tumblr (3.0; @rswblog)http://shipsandwrecks.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxvanoMlxY1qzqjxeo5_r3_500.jpg"/><br/> dropping off prints for foam-ification<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxvanoMlxY1qzqjxeo10_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> picking up prints, now mounted to foam<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxvanoMlxY1qzqjxeo11_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> max holding one of the first prints!<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxvanoMlxY1qzqjxeo8_r3_500.jpg"/><br/> placement planning<br/><br/> <p><strong>printing + hanging process</strong></p> <p><small class="info"> <strong>title</strong>: relations, ships & wrecks (2009)<br/><strong>urls</strong>: <a href="http://shipsandwrecks.com/">shipsandwrecks.com</a> // <a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/relations-ships-wrecks-maps-of-time-and-sex/2238344">single page</a><br/><strong>proposal</strong>: <a href="http://nikography.org/arts/propose_this.png">view</a> as image // <a href="http://nikography.org/arts/propose_this.pdf">download</a> as .pdf </small></p>http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/15930348943http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/15930348943Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:44:39 -0500datadata visualizationprintdesignpostermapmapsmapping timemsucollege2009<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxuu8t1jNH1qzqjxeo8_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxuu8t1jNH1qzqjxeo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxuu8t1jNH1qzqjxeo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxuu8t1jNH1qzqjxeo10_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxuu8t1jNH1qzqjxeo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxuu8t1jNH1qzqjxeo7_r1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>gallery photos of the maps, and my awesome mom</strong></p> <p><small class="caps"><strong>date</strong>: early may, 2009 at M.S.U.<br/><strong>photos</strong>: <a href="http://blog.cfetherston.com">chris</a> <a href="http://cfetherston.com">fetherston</a>, <a href="http://borkded.com">j.r.</a></small></p> <p><small class="info"> <strong>title</strong>: relations, ships & wrecks (2009)<br/><strong>urls</strong>: <a href="http://shipsandwrecks.com/">shipsandwrecks.com</a> // <a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/relations-ships-wrecks-maps-of-time-and-sex/2238344">single page</a><br/><strong>proposal</strong>: <a href="http://nikography.org/arts/propose_this.png">view</a> as image // <a href="http://nikography.org/arts/propose_this.pdf">download</a> as .pdf </small></p>http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/15909500330http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/15909500330Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:42:00 -0500gallerydataprintdesigndatadata visualizationbfamsumontclair statemenikgraduation2009<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxu5uzZpbp1qzqjxeo6_r1_500.png"/><br/> female, 53<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxu5uzZpbp1qzqjxeo7_r1_500.png"/><br/> female, 58<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxu5uzZpbp1qzqjxeo4_r1_500.png"/><br/> male, 27<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxu5uzZpbp1qzqjxeo5_r1_500.png"/><br/> male, 32<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxu5uzZpbp1qzqjxeo3_r1_500.png"/><br/> female, 22<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxu5uzZpbp1qzqjxeo2_r1_500.png"/><br/> female, 21<br/><br/> <p><strong>the six finished maps</strong></p> <p><small class="info"> <strong>TITLE</strong>: relations, ships & wrecks (2009)<br/><strong>URLS</strong>: <a href="http://shipsandwrecks.com/">shipsandwrecks.com</a> // <a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/relations-ships-wrecks-maps-of-time-and-sex/2238344">single page</a><br/><strong>PROPOSAL</strong>: <a href="http://nikography.org/arts/propose_this.png">view</a> as image // <a href="http://nikography.org/arts/propose_this.pdf">download</a> as .pdf </small></p>http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/15899519882http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/15899519882Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:48:00 -0500designdatadatavismapssexsociologyrelationshipsprojectdata visualizationchartsmaps<a href="http://blog.frankchimero.com/post/1309306816/where-does-the-time-go">Frank Chimero: Where Does the Time Go?</a>: <p><a href="http://blog.frankchimero.com/post/1309306816/where-does-the-time-go">viafrank</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Time flows, but which way? This quarter I’m teaching an information design class, and my students and I were having a conversation yesterday about the ways time can be visually represented. The answer, predictably, is a timeline…</p> </blockquote> <p>this is a short bit on looking at time and direction in non-standard ways. this project utilizes multiple directions- the most obvious of which is really not all that practical, or relevant to the purposes of the project.</p> <p>it’s a bit tight to follow the spiral month by month, year by year. but what fun is that? what were this person’s septembers like? their summers? winters? the first or second half of their life?</p>http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/1309414636http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/1309414636Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:35:22 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/CvQd00lHSng4kdvbUex5YMh4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/107381189http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/107381189Wed, 13 May 2009 18:05:00 -0400prints<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/CvQd00lHSng33lgemP5fDVrjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>sitting by their wall space.</p>http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/107366129http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/107366129Wed, 13 May 2009 17:24:19 -0400prints<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/CvQd00lHSng31ulxzut8iWxlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>a lot more squares</p>http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/107365644http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/107365644Wed, 13 May 2009 17:22:57 -0400printsprocess<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/CvQd00lHSndlntnhTa53SEeho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>27/84 squares</p>http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/106569266http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/106569266Mon, 11 May 2009 23:40:00 -0400printsprocess<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/CvQd00lHSndg37pwt8QSeujdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>picked up the mounted prints today. they look great, except there is a thin black sliver of an edge visible on four of them! (left side only)</p> <p>super frustrating, don’t have time to get them trimmed again. also picked up extra foamboard, adhesive and hanging wire.</p>http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/106506099http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/106506099Mon, 11 May 2009 21:04:37 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/CvQd00lHSnc3pyczXTNvyZoOo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>title/legend print</p>http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/106068282http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/106068282Sun, 10 May 2009 22:30:00 -0400printslegend<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/CvQd00lHSnc3o43iP6eKWAGLo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>dropping off prints to be mounted on foam!</p>http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/106067802http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/106067802Sun, 10 May 2009 22:29:00 -0400prints33m<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/CvQd00lHSngjtmdfzJsAdYl8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>22 years / female</p>http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/107556298http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/107556298Fri, 08 May 2009 01:12:00 -040022ffinished“Instead of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, you should have done it:<br/> Single kill, double kill, multi-kill, ULTRA KILL!”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://cfetherston.tumblr.com/">chris</a></em>http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/103734769http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/103734769Tue, 05 May 2009 09:27:36 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/CvQd00lHSn3t0xjy9honzjufo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>files are finished and ready for print!</p>http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/103657471http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/103657471Tue, 05 May 2009 03:09:00 -0400finished<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/CvQd00lHSn3srdqxDkJTwoaGo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>27 years / male</p>http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/103655333http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/103655333Tue, 05 May 2009 03:01:00 -040027mfinished<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/CvQd00lHSn3pup692gsvERSyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>finished?</p>http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/103634081http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/103634081Tue, 05 May 2009 01:40:00 -0400legendfinished<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/CvQd00lHSn3m4u0l6V6PAT77o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>working on the legend</p>http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/103603300http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/103603300Mon, 04 May 2009 23:56:00 -0400legendprocess<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/CvQd00lHSmxxr60yq9PNp1eso1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>finished!<br/>you can see the details in the <a href="http://nikography.org/arts/510_print.pdf">.pdf</a></p>http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/102143275http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/102143275Fri, 01 May 2009 00:34:00 -040033mfinished<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/CvQd00lHSmw84q2qp8PqJCpmo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>33 yrs/male in progress</p>http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/101646898http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/101646898Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:49:00 -040033mprocess<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/CvQd00lHSmmi5sr09m8ANvvLo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>progress!</p>http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/99168790http://shipsandwrecks.com/post/99168790Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:32:00 -040033mprocess