Cartographies for the Next 150
2018

gallery installation

If the names, numbers, and all didactic information is removed from a map, what remains?

Typically seen as scientific, objective, and absolute, in reality cartographic representation is anything but. Every map tells a story about land; someone decides how some place will be represented, and the information on a map supports the narrative. When the didactic information is removed, what are the stories that remain? What narratives develop when a map shows marks of erasure and removal, or when the detritus of removal is divided and recontextualized?