I found this book fascinating. It is full of different kinds of maps. There is something aesthetically lovely about looking at a map, if it be a hand drawn map to the local shop, or an old intricate map, from treasure maps by children to precise geographical maps, they are all beautiful in my opinion.
This piece was created by a 12 year old boy! It is completely fictional, he must have been a very talented and imaginative young boy. Maybe this boy, like Dan Zeller said, could also get lost in a map:
This map is hand drawn by Ernest Shackleton, I love the fluid coloured lines against the regimented circles, This piece inspired an abstract drawing of my own:
Trying to read and follow maps on the other hand is another matter...
This project by Yumi Roth caught my eye straight away, she invited local residents to draw maps to exciting places on there hands, they were then printed out and used as part of the 2008 Suprisingly Natural exhibition, where other people were encoraged to use the maps and go on an adventure to find out where the maps lead to.
I felt this was a really exciting and innovative idea, I am interested in exhibitions with audience participation and this is a great example of how to get people together using enticing imagery and intrigue. For me these two aspects are critical.
Unfortunately I couldn't find the video for the below piece of work, but Maya Han Weimers project focuses on South Koreas many unnamed streets. She tries to demonstrate 'how our ever expanding comprehension of a place, and our connection to it, influences both our individual and collective identity.' By drawing and videoing Maya drawing maps of her neighbourhood:
There are many more exciting ways of drawing maps and reasons for doing so in this book, but the main points I have taken from this research is the different ways maps can be interpreted and used to include the audience, and use of a moving image rather than still images may be important to illustrate properly when using maps as a medium....
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