Rhizome.org ArtBase Exhibition

Location is Everything–curated by Jillian Mcdonald–explores ways in which artists repurpose mapping as a creative medium; or perhaps it reframes mapping as a procedure that is intrinsically creative. The cartographic forms in these projects are drawn according to, as Mcdonald explains, personal or collective experiences, some informed by external factors like weather data or pop-culture references, and some allowing the map itself or local residents to inform them. These reciprocal actions of forming and informing effect both maps and their makers, suggesting that who? and why? are equally important questions to pose when interpreting a map as simply where?.

Works included in this exhibition are “PdPa” (2003) by Julian Bleecker, Scott Paterson and Marina Zurkow, “[murmur]” (2003) by Shawn Micallef, “Louisiana Walk #14″ (1996) by Janet Cardiff, “Atmospherics/Weather Works” (2003) by Andrea Polli, “GPS Drawing” (2000) by Jeremy Wood, “Hlemmur in C” (2004) by Pall Thayer, “Survey Field” (2003) by Germaine Koh, and “Infrasonic Soundscape” (2001) by Hidekazu Minami.