I bought the catalogue, and thought that the concept was an interesting one, which then faded into the back of my mind. Indeed I was not aware of the Revisited exhibition.
Then, more recently I became vaguely aware of Katherine Harmon's book You Are Here: Personal geographies and other maps of the imagination. This was brought more sharply into focus when I signed up for a drawing class to take place next month which uses the book as a jumping-off point. Katherine Harmon has also published The map as art: contemporary artists explore cartography. (I acquired the former, but decided that I could live without the latter.)
Then along came the Winter 2012 issue of the Surface Design Journal, and here we have mapping again. First in an article about innovation there are mentions of Anne West's Mapping: The intelligence of artistic work, Moth Press, Maine College of Art, and then later in the journal there is a review of an exhibition - Traces: Mapping a journey in Textiles.
'Mapping' is obviously increasingly a buzz word. I only signed up for the drawing class because it looks more interesting for me than the others available, and I need a personal shake-up. Journeys and maps have always been of interest, so why not? Now it seems I'm going to be on a bandwagon - but will coming up with our own maps help us find the way?
4 comments:
i've always loved maps...though not for their intended purposes. they are simply a delightful view into someone else's idea of the world around them. be they scientific and starchy, or whimsical and fantastic!
perhaps, i wonder, if we focused less on mapping things out "to understand them", and simply allowed the world around us to just be. honoring it as it appears. there would be less dissatisfaction and more joy?
just a thought. as i am certain there are many, many others floating about!
thank you for such a thought provoking post... i always know i can count on you for a pleasant blog experience!
namaste'
Hi Joe, thank you for your comment. I too am fascinated by all sorts of maps, and I agree with you that it is perhaps not completely helpful to spend too much time delving too much into a personal mapping. I hope it will be fun as an exercise, however.
and another! 'Mapping the Future, where are you now?' at the Brewhouse, Taunton 23 February till 24 March! come and see it
Ah yes, Max, I knew that there was another one, and it was fruitlessly itching the back of my mind. Thanks for reminding me.
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