Walking and Mapping
Artists as Cartographers
by Karen O'Rourke

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Author(s)

Karen O'Rourke

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : The MIT Press, 2013

Scope

334 Pages, illustrated, 23 cm.

ISBN

9780262018500

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In Walking and Mapping, Karen O’Rourke explores a series of walking/mapping projects by contemporary artists. Some chart “emotional GPS”; some use GPS for creating “datascapes” while others use their legs to do “speculative mapping.” Many work with scientists, designers, and engineers. Mapping is a way for us to locate ourselves in the world physically, culturally, or psychologically; Debord produced maps like collages that traced the “psychogeography” of Paris. Today, the convergence of global networks, online databases, and new tools for location-based mapping coincides with a resurgence of interest in walking as an art form.

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Keywords

new media

Location

Cabinet 28 - 4: Kunst in de openbare ruimte ; wandelen klimmen skaten street art

Extra themes

Body and Architecture, Body and Space, Residents and the built environment, Walk / stroll / explore / hang out

Remarks

Incl. bibliographical references and Index.