Urban Impressions

2009-2011

A collection of my personal movements in urban locations. Data collection methods vary for each project.

Locations: Bennington, Berlin, Hoboken, Istanbul, Kiev, Kraków, Moscow, New York, Prague, Warsaw, and Załęcze

New York

New York City, New York, USA

"The city of teleportation"

Distance traveled: 92.6 miles
Duration: 39 days
Dates: 1/05/11 to 2/12/11
Modes of transportation:
On foot: 61.35 miles
Bicycle: 18.45 miles
Automobile: 12.8 miles

Data collection method: Memory and writing on found objects. GPS was not used to track movements. Paths were inputted by hand into Google Earth.

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Warsaw

Warsaw, Poland

"Recovering and digesting"

Distance traveled: 113.6 miles
Duration: 9 days
Dates: 7/1/11-7/2/11, 7/29/11-8/4/11

Data collection method: Plotted routes on free tourist maps with various colored highlighters.

Kiev

Kiev, Ukraine

"A struggle to just read the street signs"

Distance traveled: 29.9 miles
Duration: 5 days
Dates: 8/6/11-8/10/11

Data collection method: Plotted daily routes in Google Earth from memory.

Istanbul

Istanbul, Turkey

"Never did make it to Asia"

Distance traveled: 42.93 miles
Duration: 4 days
Dates: 5/7/09 to 5/10/09

Data collection method: GPS Device

Moscow

Moscow, Russia

"Wouldn't even stamp my passport"

Distance traveled: 196.6 miles
Duration: 2 days
Dates: 7/1/11 and 8/10/11

Data collection method: Hand drawn paths based off in-flight tracker TV screen, following visible landmarks on ground, and smartphone compass application.

Prague

Prague, Czech Republic

"Living by the 22 tram line"

Distance traveled: apx 900 miles (duplicate track issues)
Duration: 106 days
Dates: 2/02/09 to 5/23/09

Data collection method: GPS device and writing in track log.

Related Project: Jste Tady

Berlin

Berlin, Germany

"Hey look a bike tour"

Distance traveled: 36.15 miles
Duration: 4 days
Dates: 3/13/09 to 3/16/09

Data collection method: GPS device

Kraków

Kraków, Poland

"The payoff"

Distance traveled: 52.5 miles
Duration: 7 days
Dates: 7/23/11-7/29/11

Data collection method: Plotted routes on free tourist maps with various colored highlighters.

Hoboken

Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

"All roads lead to the PATH"

Distance traveled: 42.25 miles
Duration: 39 days
Dates: 1/05/11 to 2/12/11
On foot: 39.79 miles
Automobile: 2.46 miles

Data collection method: Memory and writing on found objects. GPS was not used to track movements. Paths were inputted by hand into Google Earth.

Załęcze

Załęcze Wielkie, Poland

"Far past any city limit sign with a line through it"

Distance traveled: 115.2 miles
Duration: 22 days
Dates: 7/2/11-7/23/11

Data collection method: Passive GPS logger, compass, and plotting points on Google Earth from memory.

Bennington

Bennington, Vermont, USA

"Getting away from it all"

Distance traveled: 2072.5+ miles
Duration: Current residence
Dates: 8/25/10 to present

Data collection method: GPS Device

Related Project: Atlas of the Habitual