Lauren Park – Looking Outwards – 05

“Flowing City Map” (2014) by Chaotic Atmospheres

Artist by the name of Chaotic Atmospheres created a series of images for an exhibition that was held in Venice on December 2014. This series focused on how cities and its occupants influence their surroundings, portrayed by fluid-like patterns. I really admire how this artist takes different locations and give each of these cities more individuality in a way that shows how they impact what is around them. The lined patterns also give not only the geographical aspect of maps, but also visualizes these impacts.By using World Machine, a tool to help create 3D terrain, the artist used city maps and procedural terrains to produce this flow of erosion. The artist then used photoshop afterwards to continue working and to identify each city.The artist was very successful in providing visuals of historical significance by using the lines from the erosion flow to show cities’ influences. The images are not merely geographical maps, but tell a story through the colors and bodies of lines that also give movement to each city.

https://www.behance.net/gallery/21743579/Flowing-City-Map

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