Turkish Map Fold

‘Map art calls into question the map’s service to the state, the nature of the map’s propositions, and its use of indexing systems to define meaning. Map art doubts the certainties of the map and this creates a space for rethinking the map, for unmaking it; this

endows it with the potential to free maps at last from the tyranny of the state.’

Denis Wood, Writer and Map Theorist

See below for a PDF of how to create a Turkish map fold

Francis Alys

Click here to see Francis Alys' ' The Leak'

view other works at www.francisalys.com

Christian Nold's Stockport Emotion Map

Click here for a link to Christian Nold's Stockport Emotion map.

'Whilst conventional maps show static architecture and exclude humans, this art project presents a vision of Stockport that represents the emotions, opinions and desires of local people' Christian Nold.

The Agency of Mapping

Please click here to be directed to James Corner's text 'The Agency of Mapping: Speculation, Critique and Invention' - where he looks at the actions and interventions of maps and mapping.

Re-constructing maps

These are some images from the elective session on 11th November, where students responded to the ideas of Guy Debord in relation to Derive and re-mapping a city.

Psychogeography

Within the session on the 4th November we will be looking at the idea of mapping using Psycho Geography, a term defined by Guy Debord and recently explored by Will Self. Click on the link to read a section of Will Self's journey from London to New York.

Will Self - Psycho Geography

This next link will take you to you tube where Will Self talks about his book and ideas of Psychogeography. Click

Please see the learning materials for the associated project.

Territory game 28th Oct 2011

Here is the 'map' produced by a territory game played within the first Mapping Elective session. The fight for territory and disputes over borders has been a re-occuring theme throughout history and has defined and shaped the maps we now recognise and shaped the countries we now live in.

Assignments before 28th October

Mappers....... Please check the Learning Materials page (button above). You need to have a number of items with you for the session on Friday 28th.

I will give you a brief introduction to the Elective - then we will be looking at the idea of 'territory'.

Mapping Elective

‘Jorge Luis Borges’s wrote a tale of a fully detailed and life-sized map that eventually tore and weathered to shreds across the actual territory it covered… not only does the tale beautifully capture the cartographic imagination, it goes to the heart of a tension between reality and representation, between the territory and the map’

James Corner, ‘The Agency of Mapping: Speculation, Critique and Invention.’