{"id":535,"date":"2021-08-29T21:22:52","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T01:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3200-a21\/?p=535"},"modified":"2021-08-30T18:01:04","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T22:01:04","slug":"dylan-valev-data-sketch-bulgaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3200-a21\/davalev\/dylan-valev-data-sketch-bulgaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Dylan Valev Data Sketch: Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Both of my parents immigrated from Bulgaria. Growing up in The States however has greatly separated me from the country, both physically and culturally. It wasn’t until recently have I really began exploring my connection to that part of my identity through my art. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bulgaria is often forgotten and is carelessly thrown into this “comedic” mix of Balkan countries rife with conflict, having the humor overlook a dying country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time of writing this, only 32.47 doses per 100 people have been administered, making it the lowest vaccinated country in all of Europe for the COVID-19 pandemic. My parents were supposed to visit my family after many years of separation during the Fall, but now they will most likely not due to rising rates and safety concerns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, the country will be in further trouble within the century, with a projected population decline of 39% from 1980-2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My piece wants to demonstrate just how catastrophic these rates are to the country, as the more people die, immigrate, and choose not to raise a new generation in the country, the more of its own identity will be lost and eventually eroded away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By using the primitive shapes of triangles colored with the flag, I construct the shape of the country’s borders and then remove the 70 triangles out of 100 to resemble the number of people unvaccinated. In doing so, the image will just be a collection of colorful triangles and hold little to no resemblance to the country & culture itself, depicting what is at stake if its people continue to adopt myopic behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the country with only the amount of people vaccinated.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is the country with full\/majority vaccination.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Later on, I hope to add an interactive element to showcase the decline and loss of identity over time as more and more triangles either fade, disappear, or shrink away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What I would like to know is how I can best demonstrate the loss of identity while maintaining a somewhat recognizable form of the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Europe: COVID-19 vaccination rates by country | Statista<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bulgaria Writes New Chapter in Long Story of Demographic Decline | Balkan Insight<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Both of my parents immigrated from Bulgaria. Growing up in The States however has greatly separated me from the country, both physically and culturally. It wasn’t until recently have I really began exploring my connection to that part of my identity through my art. Bulgaria is often forgotten and is carelessly thrown into this “comedic”… <\/p>\n

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