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Abstract Layers of Territory: Maps by David Lemm

February 3, 2019 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

David Lemm is a visual artist and designer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. His production ranges widely from illustrations to collages, multi-media … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Cartographies of Reality and Fiction Tagged With: Cartography, illustration, maps

MAP Office: Hong Kong Is Land (2014)

February 4, 2015 by Fosco Lucarelli 3 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Cartographies of Reality and Fiction, Territories Tagged With: Cartography, exhibition, hong kong, maps

Moving Boundaries in the Alps: Italian Limes (Venice Architecture Biennale 2014), by Folder and collaborators

August 28, 2014 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Cartographies of Reality and Fiction, Culture, Media, Technology, Territories Tagged With: Biennale, border, Cartography, gps

Ascii-Art Mapping: SyMAP (or Early Computer Generated Cartography)

March 11, 2014 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

  William Caraher, assistant professor at the University of North Dakota and writer of the site "The Archaeology of the Mediterranean World" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cartographies of Reality and Fiction, Culture, Technology, Territories Tagged With: archaeology, Cartography, computer, form of form, mapping

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The Three Mawangdui Maps: Early Chinese Cartography

March 2, 2014 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

  Between 1972 to 1974 three tombs in the archaeological site of Mawangdui, China, were excavated. In one of them, the archaeologists … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cartographies of Reality and Fiction, Culture, Territories Tagged With: Cartography, China, early map, form of form, map

City Maps by Jazzberry Blue

January 30, 2014 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

  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...]

Filed Under: Art, Cartographies of Reality and Fiction, Territories Tagged With: Cartography, cities, city, maps, pattern, texture

Mapping the ‘Bloody Week’: The Last Days of the Paris Commune in a Cartographic Narrative

January 29, 2014 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

  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...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Cartographies of Reality and Fiction, Culture, Territories Tagged With: army, Art, Cartography, commune, military, socialism, strategy, war

Geographical Strips, Cilindrical Projections, Centerfolds

January 5, 2012 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Art, Cartographies of Reality and Fiction, Territories Tagged With: Cartography, Landscape

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