MAP Office, a duo of artists and architects formed in 1996 by Laurent Gutierrez and Valerie Portefaix (already on Socks with their "Unreal Estates of … [Read more...]
Tearing, Cutting and Folding: Early Map Works by Sol LeWitt (1967-1979)
This series of early (1967 to 1979) paper works by Sol LeWitt, (also, on Socks) is part of his “100$ Drawings” which rotates around the idea of a … [Read more...]
Moving Boundaries in the Alps: Italian Limes (Venice Architecture Biennale 2014), by Folder and collaborators
After actually visiting the 14th International Architecture Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia, during the last week, we finally had the pleasure to … [Read more...]
Ascii-Art Mapping: SyMAP (or Early Computer Generated Cartography)
William Caraher, assistant professor at the University of North Dakota and writer of the site "The Archaeology of the Mediterranean World" … [Read more...]
The Three Mawangdui Maps: Early Chinese Cartography
Between 1972 to 1974 three tombs in the archaeological site of Mawangdui, China, were excavated. In one of them, the archaeologists … [Read more...]
Louis Dourado Disorienting Maps
Louis Dourado, (artist, 1984, living and working in London) uses photomontage for the sake of disorienting. His digital or analogue … [Read more...]
City Maps by Jazzberry Blue
Jazzberry Blue is an an artist and illustrator based in Toronto. Among his rich production, stands out a set of city maps rendered in an … [Read more...]
Mapping the ‘Bloody Week’: The Last Days of the Paris Commune in a Cartographic Narrative
The events that occurred in the last month of La Commune, - the socialist government that briefly ruled Paris from March 18 to May 28, 1871 … [Read more...]
Geographical Strips, Cilindrical Projections, Centerfolds
Alexander Trevi of Pruned, whom we thank for linking Socks, has an exceptional obsession we'd like to share: that for long geographical … [Read more...]
