While Olympics groups was developing and testing their games and organizing their schedule for final event and website, the Embodied Vision group have been discussing about transitions – both in terms of movement within the urban landscape but also in people’s lives – life is a journey after all. Also what it means to be part of a city, the social experience and how this relates to identity and self. The question is how can experiences be designed that provoke, encourage and elicit such emotions.
The group theme of transitions recurs and focused on The Old Bridge in Maribor. The bridge is both a transition route between north and south, old and new – the journey across the river acting as a metaphor for life. Maybe getting people to somehow record that journey and interact with others on a similar journey could act as a mechanism for self reflection. Slowing down the journey – focusing on details – unpicking the rituals that shape our lives.
