'Over 130 of the world’s most creative minds make sense of our exterior and interior worlds through intriguing and imaginative maps of their own devising. Imaginative, visionary and richly absorbing, this book will appeal to anyone interested in how we visualise our worlds, physical or abstract, real or imagined.
Whether they chart a newly discovered land or lay out a complicated process, maps serve to improve our understanding of what surrounds us. They make the complex simple, and reveal the complexity behind the apparently straightforward.
Original and thought-provoking, Mapping It Out invites leading lights from a host of fields to create a personal map of their own, in whatever form and showing whatever terrain they choose, whether real-world or imaginary.
Some contributors have translated scientific data into simplified visual language, while others have condensed vast social, political or natural forms into concise diagrams. Many have reworked existing maps to subvert their original purpose or to present an alternative view of reality. Others play with the map’s commitment to truth by plotting invented worlds and charting imaginative flights of fancy. Going further, some offer entirely new kinds of map — or even reject the map’s claim to bear facts altogether.
In his Introduction, acclaimed novelist Tom McCarthy reflects on the relationship between maps, literature and knowledge, while Hans Ulrich Obrist considers the influence of maps on artistic creativity.' - from publisher's website
This book grew out of the Map Marathon held at the Serpentine Gallery, London in October 2010. Please note that only artists of Asian descent are listed below.
Onsite
Monir Shahroudy FARMANFARMAIAN, 
Simon FUJIWARA, 
N.S. HARSHA, 
HSIEH Tehching, 謝德慶, 
Toyo ITO, 伊藤豐雄, 
Anish KAPOOR, 
KOO Jeonga, 구정아, 
Yoko ONO, オノヨーコ, 
QIU Zhijie, 邱志傑, 
Raqs Media Collective, 
SANAA, 
Oraib TOUKAN, 
English
mapping,  border,  cross-disciplinary practice
2014
239
9780500239186
1
anthology
Introduction - Tom McCarthy
You are here...and now - Hans Ulrich OBRIST
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