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From Zsofi ’ s research you can clearly see how the factual information and geographical map of the space are effective in forming a narrative of the spaces we visit . There is a permanence in historical narrative and fact , however it does not give a complete experience . It is a walk , it is the route we took and the most geographically accurate way to document the walk . However it does not capture the individual and collective experience of moving through that space . There is a large amount of factual information , but as the work that follows demonstrates , the facts of the locations , the buildings and organisations and histories are only a partial representation of the experience of the walk as a whole , the walk being a singular transient experience which is bigger than the streets and the buildings and the organisations . Valeria ’ s photographs capture a more transient , personal experience of the walk . They are taken in and around the buildings discussed in the factual section , but capture a totally different experience of the same walk . These photographs show still seconds in the transient experience of the walk and capture the insignificant moments that constitute the experience of the walk . The photographs show transient moments of connection with the location , the buildings , and thus present a walk with more emotional interest than a flat geographical map . Whilst it is exactly the same walk presented on the map , it is another layer of that walk . Therefore , you can see that the walk begins to lose the absolute definition that is showed in the facts , the map , the documentation ; it presents the question of what the walk is . This absence of specific definition is continued in Sara ’ s video . It is another presentation of the same walk , the same physical place with the same people , and yet it demonstrates another perspective of the walk ; it is another experience entirely . The locations may have been the same , but the video captures different fleeting moments , different transient experiences and moments that may have become totally absent in the documentation of the walk . Furthermore , the specific locations in the film and to an extent in the photographs are ambiguous . You cannot tell exactly where we are ; there is not necessarily coherent link between the map and the experience : an ABSENCE . There is also an ambiguity in the photograph and the film ; an ambiguity that is absent from the factual knowledge but present in the documentation of the walk .
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