Remapping Westminster

I set my friends a task -- to each draw me one line on a piece of tracing paper.
I then took that tracing paper and placed it over an A to Z, at once using and rejecting the map.

Then we followed the line.

The song in the second half of this video is "When We Live in Circles and Eat On Merry-Go-Rounds" by Driftless Pony Club from the album "Buckminster", used with permission of http://dftba.com.

Lex: http://www.youtube.com/tyrannosauruslexxx
Anna: http://effington.tumblr.com/

Every once in a while I'll make one of these re-mapping videos. I'm really interested in mapping and love those artists who take glasses, draw a line around the rim on a map and then follow the line through gardens and elsewhere. I won't quite be fence-hopping, but I hope that as I move away from points of origination in central London, I'll be taking more and more peculiar routes.

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** funny story -- note: not funny **
there is some footage in this video which was filmed on time lapse
by accident
d'oh
:(

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[kimrichaaards]

You like driftless pony club? hell yeah I'm subscribing to you! :P

[missxrojas]

:D love dpc! & thank you!

[darth3pio]

I like the piece of music at the beginning, I've always had a fondness for classical instruments, used to play the trumpet.

[missxrojas]

@darth3pio Haha it's the iMovie jingle "Travel" I think.

[celobean]

Have you read 'Translations' (brian friel)? you must!

[missxrojas]

@celobean Have not, shall add to list!

[missxrojas]

@ellabooray They also, according to Lex on a piece of footage I had to cut out, "ninja". I give you this example, "ROSI THAT SQUIRREL JUST NINJAED THAT OTHER SQUIRREL IN MID-AIR".

[Raconteur]

This is a brilliant idea!

[Kaytaaay]

Anna is the greatest. <3

[teacakestalks]

This is an amazing idea. I really want to do this when I'm travelling next year instead of using guidebooks and Google Maps.

[aimeelikescheese]

This is officially one of my favorite videos ever. I love it :)

[allylucky13]

gah! such a good idea!

OK I'm so doing this :)

[darth3pio]

@missxrojas I remember what it reminds me of, sounds a bit similar to the theme tune from House of Elliot.

[Pottsylird]

This was so beautiful.

You are so fucking talented.

To think I watched a video of you a few years back and thought you were boring. But I either caught you on an off day or was far too immature to pay attention properly. Never change. The fault was with me.

<3

[hilloffski]

I really really reaaally liked this, but I don't exactly know why!

[KieliAnne]

Neat idea! I should try this some time! :)

[JordynJitters]

this is a really cool idea. :]