{"id":2604,"date":"2010-05-18T08:11:17","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T12:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=2604"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:06:33","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:06:33","slug":"cityvote-takes-a-visual-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/05\/18\/cityvote-takes-a-visual-turn\/","title":{"rendered":"CityVote takes a visual turn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"41\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2092\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/vote.3.1.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/vote.3.1.png 606w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/vote.3.1-300x20.png 300w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/vote.3.1-600x40.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This half of CityVote is taking a decidedly visual turn for the next little while. I\u2019ll be blunt: I was having trouble breaking out of my \u201crant mode\u201d with written text. It comes too easily. CityVote and this space needs to be a conversation and my role is to provoke that. I\u2019ve had some amazing people ask me to help them tell their stories. I can\u2019t think of a better way than to teach them how to do it themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Making the invisible visible will be the theme of the audio\/video project. My team at MediaStyle.ca is going to help teach people how to use the tools and guide them in creating messages to Ottawa candidates.<\/p>\n<p>I was inspired by the work of Nancy White. An American visual interpreter who spoke at Northern Voice; a conference I attended in British Columbia. She uses drawing to help people capture what they mean. I\u2019m going to use audio, video, pictures and editing software. <strong>Here is a bit more, direct from me on how I see this project unfolding:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"225\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11811041&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11811041&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/11811041\">CityVote 2010: Making the invisible visible<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/mediastyle\">Ian Capstick<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This half of CityVote is taking a decidedly visual turn for the next little while. 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