I started this infographic in the hope that if I could visualise Joyce's Ulysses—considered one of the most complex works of modern literature—I could visualise anything! This was a mammoth undertaking, not having read the book previously. The novel needs to be made more accessible, especially to us Dubs!
An animated narrative was overlaid onto a map of the city as described in the novel. Included was a visualisation of the Gilbert schema which Joyce wrote to help his friend, Stuart Gilbert, understand the structure of the book. To mark the celebration of Bloomsday, the final infographic was incorporated into a walking map for The Bailey pub in Dublin with a social media campaign created around it.
1. A B C D E F
A B C D E F
TIME
TECHNICROUTE EPISODES
PATH
ORGAN COLOUR SYMBOL ART
Narrative (young)
Catechism (personal)
Monologue (male)
Narrative (mature)
Narcissism
Incubism
Enthymemic
Peristaltic
Dialectic
Labyrinth
Fuga per canonem
Gigantism
Tumescence/detumescence
Embryonic development
Hallucination
Narrative (old)
Catechism (impersonal)
Monologue (female)
ULYSSES’ DUBLIN
16 June 1904
*name since changed
STREET INDEX
Grid Street
B2 Abbey Street
C2 Amiens Street
B2 Bachelor’s Walk
B3 Bedford Row
B2 Beresford Place
A2 Brunswick Street
B2 Butt Bridge
B2 Capel Street
A2 Church Street
C3 Clare Street
B3 D’Olier Street
B3 Dame Street
F4 Dalkey Avenue
B3 Dawson Street
B1 Dorset Street
B3 Duke Street
B1 Eccles Street
B3 Essex Bridge*
A1 Finglas Road
B3 Fleet Street
B1 Gardiner Street
C2 George’s Quay
A1 Glasnevin Cemetery
B3 Grafton Street
C3 Great Brunswick Street*
B1 Great Charles Street
B2 Green Street
B2 Ha’penny Bridge
A2 Hardwicke Place
C3 Holles Street
E1 Howth Head
C1 Howth Road
A3 James’s Street
B3 Kildare Street
A2 King Street North
C4 Lansdowne Road
D3 Leahy’s Terrace
C3 Leinster Lane
C3 Lime Street
C3 Lincoln Place
A2 Linenhall Barracks
D3 London Bridge Road
B3 Lord Edward Street
C3 Lower Mount Street
C1 Malahide Road
B2 Mary’s Abbey
B3 Merchant’s Arch
C3 Merrion Square
A2 Michan’s Park
B3 Molesworth Street
C2 Montgomery Street*
B1 Mountjoy Square
B3 Nassau Street
B1 Nelson Street
D3 Newbridge Avenue
C2 North Circular Road
C4 Northumberland Road
B2 O’Connell Bridge
B2 Ormond Quay
B3 Parliament Street
B2 Parnell Square
C3 Pearse Street
A1 Phibsboro Road
A2 Phoenix Park
C1 Portland Row
B2 Prince’s Street
D3 Ringsend Road
B2 Sackville Street*
C2 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay
C3 South Cumberland Street
B1 St Joseph’s Parade
E4 Strand Road
D3 Strasburg Terrace
B2 Talbot Street
A3 Thomas Street
A3 Watling Street
B3 Westmoreland Street
C3 Westland Row
B3 Wicklow Street
C3 Windmill Lane