The proposal of this mapping exercise is to examine Auckland’s streets in the ways in which people receive information whilst passing and negotiating through a space. As Denis Cosgrove mentions in his writing, “theoretically, scientific cartography should make cities highly rational, coherent spaces…yet, on the ground…cities are among the least legible places on earth…(an) apparent chaos of urban elements”.
Street art is prevalent in many places in Auckland City. These elements provide insights into the urban space and society; they can indicate the use of an area (eg: industrial or residential); the inhabitants of the area (eg: the prosperity of the area), etc…
Street art presents themselves in different forms – graffiti, murals, posters, advertisements, etc. In particular, I am interested in examining the use of posters in Auckland City. This is expected to indicate an idea of places which pedestrian and vehicular traffic passes through the most often.
Associated with street art is the element of change over time, whereby they form part of a temporary city- and street-scape. “Whether due to chemical cleansing agents deployed by local councils and property owners, or simply the effect of the wind and rain over time, at some point, it will, sooner or later, disappear.” This project will track the changes that occur to these posters/‘temporary street elements’ over a period of time.
This mapping project references Stain Allen, where he says, “traditional representations presume stable objects and fixed subjects. But the contemporary city is not reducible to an artifact” – whereby he encourages us to examine and produce new forms of notation to reflect the changes to society over time, to use notation to show “a shift from demarcated objects(s) to (an) extended field”. 
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