methods of mapping ...

have been thinking about possible ways of [visually] recording and presenting information. I still like the way that imposing a particular system onto another alludes to a particular discipline, implies 'fact' or points towards a reading that would not otherwise be inherent or obvious -- even plausible or possible. I' ve been doodling to test the idea of visualising the museum, its expertise and|or its objects through applying the systems, symbols or organising principles of ...

the [electrical] circuit (above)
the [progressive] timeline .. the missing link of object|species
the eco system or the land map (an area defined, a nation state?)
the hierachical flowchart
the mathematical or scientific formula(!)

although the idea works in concept it keeps slipping when it comes to drawing it? I think, perhaps, the diagrams will work as a template for the authenticity (accession) 'game' .. right now, I still miss the object!

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