Many Amazing Possibilities Shown
July 9, 2021 8:52 AM   Subscribe

The Final Projects from a map-making course at the New School. Also worth a look, map critiques.
posted by storybored (8 comments total) 32 users marked this as a favorite
 
fantastic variety and creativity. I really like the "rhizomatic unmapping of urban trees"
posted by jazon at 10:10 AM on July 9, 2021


As someone who makes quite a lot of maps, it is my professional opinion that these are -- in the parlance -- absolutely buck wild. Love it. Thanks for posting!
posted by voiceofreason at 10:37 AM on July 9, 2021


These are so interesting to me - especially how, just at first glance, they challenge my ideas of maps: I tend to think of a map as a representation of physical space, and I'm not sure how, for example, "Nature + Nurture: Origins" fits with my understanding. But I'd like to know! I wish there were a way to fully explore each of these projects - they seem like each of them would reward spending a lot of time exploring.

There's something I really like about the initial image of "Mapping Poverty at Scale".

I especially wish I could dive into "NYC Honorary Street Names" and "Mapping Encampment" and "Grounding Lessons" ("It documents my embodied experimentations in textiles, worms, soil, history, and mapping." YAY!)

Overall, I just love the variety of topics, approaches, and styles - all the imagery is so different and so striking.

Thanks so much for posting this, storybored!
posted by kristi at 11:04 AM on July 9, 2021 [1 favorite]


Love love love this!
posted by Wretch729 at 11:22 AM on July 9, 2021


Wow, these span a wide range, interesting to see people going back to more tactile, less photoreal presentation styles.

The Quarantine Maps remind me a little of Mitch Miller's DIALECTOGRAMS (issuu link but worthwhile looking).

I remember our first uni mapping project, lecturer had torn a topographic map in pieces (this one for https://www.linz.govt.nz/land/maps/linz-topographic-maps/map-chooser/map-chooser---bz19), and we drew our lot, everyone got about 5kmĀ². We had to go as deep as we could ... and make a kite that represented our discoveries, bonus marks if it flew.
posted by unearthed at 12:42 PM on July 9, 2021


HOW IS THIS NOT THE BEST SCHGOOL IN THE WORLD
posted by Foci for Analysis at 2:09 PM on July 9, 2021 [1 favorite]


Is that map drawn... in Excel? Good lord.
posted by Kadin2048 at 10:50 AM on July 10, 2021


Dr. Shannon Mattern on Twitter. I have become an academic fanboy. All kinds of weird, interesting, multidisciplinary work about space, smell, mood, urban design and much, much more.
posted by mecran01 at 8:55 PM on July 10, 2021


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