Topographic Maps

 Chicago, détail

 Boston, détail

 Cartes de mots.
Words maps.

Sources : Moon River, Axis Maps

Gert Jan Kocken

Gert Jan Kocken, depictions of Amsterdam detail, 2010

Gert Jan Kocken, Depictions, 2010 (depictions of Amsterdam and Rotterdam)

Reconstitution temporelle et spatiale.
Time and space reconstitution.

Sources : Vvork, Gert Jan Kocken

Hand Draw Map Association

 Atlas

 Double twins

 La linea

Cartes imaginées.
Imagined maps.
 
Sources : gycouture[design], Hand Draw Map

Shannon Rankin

Shannon Rankin, Pod, cut map on paper, 2009

Shannon Rankin, Bassin, cut map on paper, 2009

Shannon Rankin, Vents, cut map on paper, 2009

Shannon Rankin, Peak, cut map on paper, 2009

Shannon Rankin, Germinate, map, pin adhesive, 2009

Shannon Rankin, Germinate, map, pin adhesive, 2009

Shannon Rankin, Germinate, map, pin adhesive, 2009

Réorganiser le monde.
To reorganize the world.

Sources : BLDG, Shannon Rankin

Lee Jang Sub

Lee Jang Sub, Moscow, complexcity lighting serie, image © designboom

Lee Jang Sub, Paris, complexcity lighting serie, image © designboom

Lee Jang Sub, The complexcity lighting serie, image © designboom

Villes de lumière.
Towns of light.

Sources: Design Boom, Monoscope

Liz Kueneke

Liz Kueneke, Manhattan's urban Fabric

Liz Kueneke, The last residences

Liz Kueneke, The last residences

L'art du positionnement.
The art of positioning.

Sources: Conflux, Space & culture, Liz Kueneke via hangar org.

Giant compass on a dry lake bed

Edward Airforce Base, California

Edward Airforce Base, California

Impressionnant!
Impressionnant!

Sources: Deputy Dog, Google map, Wikipedia

John Mann

John Mann, Folded in place

Juste une image...
Just an image...

Sources: I heart photograph, John Mann

Leonardo da Vinci's Map of Imola (1502)

Town plan of Imola c. 1502, Pencil, chalk, pen and wash on paper, 440 x 602 mm, Museo Vinciano

Une carte magnifique...
A splendid map...

"It was during Leonardo's time in Florence (1501—1507) that the magnificent maps — reckoned to be amongst the first achievements of modern cartography - were created. There is disagreement with regard to the town plan of Imola as to whether Leonardo produced the map himself or simply made slight alterations to an older map dating from 1473. A survey map (Royal Library, Windsor) of his survives which suggests that Leonardo's town plan was developed by him independently. He may, though, have used the older plan in order to compare his own measurements with it."

Source: Web gallery of art

Joyce Kozloff

Joyce Kozloff, Target, acrylique sur toile et strucutre en bois, 2001

J'adore cette oeuvre!
I like this work!

Sources: Une brique rose, Wrong Distance

Robert Smithson

Robert Smithson, untitle, 1967

Robert Smithson, untitle (circular map), 1967

Robert Smithson, map fragment 1967


Robert Smithson, World ocean map, 1967

Nous connaissons Robert Smithson pour ses projets de land art. Voici une sculpture et des dessins très intéressants réalisé en 1967.
We know Robert Smithson for his projects of Land art. Here a sculpture and very interesting drawings carried out in 1967.

http://www.robertsmithson.com

Chris Kenny

Chris Kenny, Nonsuch (White Map Circle) 2007, Construction with map pieces

Chris Kenny, Black map circle 2007, Construction with map pieces

Chris Kenny, Observatory 2007, Construction with map pieces

Chris Kenny, Pastimes 2007, Mixed media construction with found text

Chris Kenny, Twelve Houses 2005, Construction with found text

J'adore le travail de cet artiste!
I like the work of this artist!

Sources: Moon River, England & co

Matthew Picton

Matthew Picton, Amsterdam, 2007

Matthew Picton, Baghdad 1944-2007, 2007

Matthew Picton, Milan 1832-2007, 2007

Matthew Picton, The Ganges (detail), 2007

Superposition de modificatons d'un lieu par la cartographie, j'aime l'idée.
Superposition of modificatons of a place by the cartography, I like the idea.

"Cartography has long played a central role in my work, featuring prominently in the cracked parking lot drawings and sculptures and the ocean floor sculptures. These new sculptures transform the two dimensional mapped image into multi-layered sculptures of the communication, transportation and river systems that comprise the current city. The “map” has been animated and transformed, the natural abstraction of the map extended into a work of art that is at once abstract and tangibly real in the same moment." Matthew Picton, September, 2007

Sources: Dear Ada, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery

An explanation of the magnetic atlas

Voici une carte magnifique.
Here a splendid map.

"The book: 'An explanation of the magnetic atlas, or variation chart, hereunto annexed : projected on a plan entirely new, by which the magnetic variation on any part of the globe may be precisely determined, for any time, past, present, or future : and the variation and latitude being accurately known, the longitude is of consequence truly determined / by John Churchman, late land surveyor for the district of the counties of Delaware and Chester, and for part of Lancaster and Berks, Pennsylvania.' 1790.
This half-globe gore map is, I recall, the only illustration in the book. Clicking on the above image ought to take you direct to the Library of Congress page in question (or here, if needed). An enormous version is available."

Source: BiliOdyssey

Philippe Caillaud

Philippe Caillaud, Installation Virtuelle dans une usine désafectée, 2007

Philippe Caillaud, Piérides de la route, 2004, cartes routières découpées, acrylique, collage partiel sur papier



Philippe Caillaud, Mandalasat 1, Installation Virtuelle, 2007
Philippe Caillaud, Mars sat, Papillon découpé dans une photo prise par satellite

Belles idées à suivre...
Beautiful ideas to be followed...

"Les papillons portent sur eux ce qu'ils survolent. Les cartes routières, mais aussi des vues aériennes sous forme de cartes postales et enfin des photos satellite ont été découpées pour réaliser des ensembles plus ou moins ordonnés."

http://levolduvariable.blogspot.com/

Ledia Carroll - Mission Lake

Voici un très beau projet réalisé par Ledia Carroll.
Here a very beautiful project carried out by Ledia Carroll.

''On October 22, 2006, Ledia Carroll will use a field line chalker to recreate the full perimeter of Lago Dolores, a former freshwater lake that stretched from what is now South Van Ness to Guerrero and 15th to 20th Streets. Drawing the line in reference to maps from the 1800s, Carroll’s chalkline allows the still visible ancient depression of the lake to become apparent to the eye. In conjunction with the re-created lake shoreline, Ledia Carroll presents a “lakeside” barbeque and perimeter “alleycat” bike race.''

http://lediacarroll.com/projects/missionlake/