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Cartographies of Reality and Fiction

Maps connect information to space, depicting real and imagined territories on a flat surface. Over time, maps became increasingly more detailed and precise: the scale was adjusted, symbols became conventions, standards were set. However, this evolution didn’t stop the map to become a complex representational tool or an artistic medium.

For some artists, the cartographic representation became a means to spatialize a mental realm, a metaphorical instrument to simulate an unexisting territory.

The Hidden Territory: USGS’s 1950’s to 1970’s Isometric Geological Diagrams

October 15, 2023 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

The online archive of the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey is a valuable resource filled with detailed three-dimensional … [Read more...]

Architectural Narrative: “New York City: The Edge of Enigma” by Francisco Javier Rencoret (1991)

April 23, 2023 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

In 1991, Francisco Javier Rencoret, a Chilean architect and then Fulbright scholar at Cornell University, published New York City: The Edge of Enigma, … [Read more...]

Al White, Illustrations for 12th Isle Album Covers

July 11, 2021 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

12th Isle is a music label founded in 2016 by a collective from Glasgow that has released excellent ambient electronic albums in the last few years, … [Read more...]

“No Function, Just Form”: CXEMA by Artem Matyushkin (2020)

July 4, 2021 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Artem Matyushkin is a Russian art director and graphic designer based in Moscow and New York. He started his career as a journalist and later found … [Read more...]

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