Looking Beyond: Understanding the Visual Landscape

Abstract

We are constantly observing environments, but do we really understand what we are observing? Our physical environments are organized and constructed through the constant layering of identities and the processes of everyday life. The resultant landscapes are representations of these identities and are constantly shifting as we interact with them. How does changing our perspective of these landscapes affect how we understand, process, and react to them? This is an attempt to understand the language articulated by landscape.