Coded Word Distribution Narrative
2010
Inkjet Print
27" x 27"
Can the reoccurrence of certain words in texts written by different authors begin to tell a narrative of a group rather than the individual?
Coded Word Distribution Narrative started as a set of four texts written by my three sisters and myself. The object of this project was to identify the similarities between our memories of a familial location, my mother’s childhood bedroom in my grandfather’s house. These texts were broken down by parts of speech in order to determine word usage and distribution. Nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs that were used three or more times were kept and rearranged, based on usage by sister from oldest to youngest, into a body of text. Words with higher usage appear darker.
Coded Word Distribution Narrative started as a set of four texts written by my three sisters and myself. The object of this project was to identify the similarities between our memories of a familial location, my mother’s childhood bedroom in my grandfather’s house. These texts were broken down by parts of speech in order to determine word usage and distribution. Nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs that were used three or more times were kept and rearranged, based on usage by sister from oldest to youngest, into a body of text. Words with higher usage appear darker.
