Walking and Mapping – Artists as Cartographers

NOTE LIBRAIO

Contemporary artists beginning with Guy Debord and Richard Long have returned againand again to the walking motif. Debord and his friends tracked the urban flows of Paris; Longtrampled a path in the grass and snapped a picture of the result ( A Line Made byWalking). Mapping is a way for us to locate ourselves in the world physically, culturally,or psychologically; Debord produced maps like collages that traced the "psychogeography"of Paris. Today, the convergence of global networks, online databases, and new tools forlocation-based mapping coincides with a resurgence of interest in walking as an art form. InWalking and Mapping, Karen O'Rourke explores a series of walking/mapping projectsby contemporary artists. Some chart "emotional GPS"; some use GPS for creating"datascapes" while others use their legs to do "speculative mapping." Many workwith scientists, designers, and engineers. O'Rourke offers close readings of these works -- many ofwhich she was able to experience firsthand -- and situates them in relation to landmark works fromthe past half-century. She shows that the infinitesimal details of each of these projects take onmore significance in conjunction with others. Together, they form a new entity, a dynamic wholegreater than the sum of its parts. By alternating close study of selected projects with a broaderview of their place in a bigger picture, Walking and Mapping itself maps acomplex phenomena.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780262018500
• Collana: Leonardo Book Series
• Dimensioni: 232 x 28.34 x 184 mm Ø 834 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pagine Arabe: 348