Highway 5

In light of our discussion on place at Pixelodeon recently, I thought I would put up a video that explores similar themes. We talked at the screening about how we often don't think of things like airports or bus stations as places but rather as things that take us from one place to another. Yet our bodies and behavior are regulated in certain ways in these places.

Similarly, Highway 5 is often thought of as a means to an end. A way to travel between northern and southern California. But what I hoped to show in this video is that Highway 5 is a place too. It evokes emotions, memories, nostalgia, and regulation of our bodies in ways that, in a nutshell, make it a place.

Do you think of Highway 5 as a place? Why or why not? Can you think of something else that people consider a means to an end, but you have experienced as a place?

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[Juliansworld]

I have always found it interesting driving down highway 5 (most people would disagree). The scenary really does change as you go south from Sacramento down the valley to the Tehachepis.

[waikashi]

Unless you are the driver, you spend of your time looking at all of the places along the road. It is the combination the sights and sounds of all those places you pass that makes traveling a unique experince. The road itself is a place where people come together, but I think all the places on the road are more important.

[clockwork234567]

I have always experienced roads as places and vice versa.

[silver3B]

Interesting short. I also travel a lot of freeway miles and pretty much did the same. Dropped some video with music about my trips in and around LA traffic. Great minds think alike?