Wander through a three dimensional landscape. In this digital garden, media are interconnected as crossroads, for wanderers to plough through. The application aims at creating a non-linear space for thought, contemplation and exploration. Media involved originates from a handmade database of networked media (images, videos, links, texts), pooled by the community of Are.na. Its collective aggregation rely solely on organical gathering and manual curation, while hosting mostly creative research materials.
Contrary to most algorithmic feeds passively consumed online, Pathways rejects one dimensional scrolling. It invites wanderers instead to wayfind through an alternative path system, to reclaim agency on their navigation and serendipity abilities. By clicking a media, wanderers chart a private path and traverse through public media neighborhoods, one crossroads at a time.
This resulting "desire line" traces a pathway, inviting the wanderer to revisit, reflect, and linger over their exploration. Overall, this feeling of movement through networked media turns passive scrolling into active wayfinding and promenade. Whether you stand into new regions or recognized landmarks, follow your intuition to traverse invisible threads or patterns.
Any created pathways can remain private for self-reflection and remembrance, or shared publicly with wanderers for reappropriation. Public pathways allows anyone the forking of new pathways, therefore inviting wanderers in discreet social interactions. The project ultimately engages in better access to and spreading of knowledge through shared media landscapes.