Category:
Student Work
Project:
Atlas Of No Direction Home
What was the challenge? Bob Dylan, who has been on the road since the 1960s, has played roughly 100 dates a year for the entirety of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s—a heavier schedule than most other performers. Being on tour for almost one-third of the year and practically the entirety of his life poses the question: where does someone like Bob Dylan call home? Places are also a big theme in his song lyrics, with over 100 songs referencing them. His studio albums were also recorded in many different locations. I went through all this data and collected every small information containing places to then transform the gathered data into a designed object of information. What was the solution? The Atlas Of No Direction Home is a database filled with all the locations relevant to Bob Dylan’s career. It lists all the places mentioned in his songs, the towns where his studio albums were recorded, the venues of his tours, and other places that played an important role in his life. In addition to the database, maps show all the places mentioned in the book, as well as the locations of all the venues for Dylan’s ongoing Never Ending Tour. The content of this book is organized through the geographic coordinate system of the world. What was the effect? By taking a different look at the musician’s career another picture of the artist was created. Bob Dylan fans all over the world kept reaching out to me afterward to get more information about the project since it shows a side of Dylan no one has ever seen before.
Contact: name: Philipp Doringer e-mail: Pdoringer@gmail.com website: www.philippdoringer.com
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