Multimedia Map: Paranoia

My map, labeled Paranoia, is a visual exploration of London’s green spaces and what makes them so eerie. Riddled with statues, fountains, and other manmade objects, London parks and gardens have an odd combination of things both living and nonliving. While bright leaves and shiny petals move with the breeze, dark pathways and littered trails counteract nature’s excitable breath. On walks through these locations, one can easily spot beauty. With every step however, do note London’s ability to overwhelm and unsettle. Because everything here dates back centuries, it is vital to remember how much life, and similarly how much death, lingers beneath our feet. At the locations I visited, there was always a feeling that something (or someone) was present; was it just paranoia? Or was it something else? What exists between life and death?

The quotes leading each clip are meant to embody someone visiting the location and reacting to its unsettling attributes. The pins are compiled of shots meant to instill paranoia, from swinging branches, moss-covered statues, and other eerie findings. Sound, though not used in every pin, is added/distorted to emphasize creepy and claustrophobic tones at each location. Enter the void...