Mappatura It Out è il titolo di un nuovo libro dell'infaticabile Hans Ulrich Obrist, che non si ferma mai, un esempio o forse una minaccia per tutti.
Il nuovo libro è uscito per le edizioni Thames and Hudson costruito con cartografie e infografica per presentare l'arte contemporanea, la scienza e le idee che la popolano, nel solito magma di partecipazioni, parole e proposte, chissà quando si passerà all'azione!
English
Mapping It Out - An Alternative
Atlas of Contemporary Cartographies
Cartography and
infographics meet contemporary art, science and ideas
The world's
sharpest minds rethink what maps can be and do
‘A dizzying
catalogue of images that interrogate the role of maps in the 21st century’– New
Statesman
'… engrossing and
beautiful …'– www.itsnicethat.com
Over 130 of the
world’s most creative minds make sense of our exterior and interior worlds
through intriguing and imaginative maps of their own devising. Imaginative,
visionary and richly absorbing, this book will appeal to anyone interested in
how we visualize our worlds, physical or abstract, real or imagined.
Whether they
chart a newly discovered land or lay out a complicated process, maps serve to
improve our understanding of what surrounds us. They make the complex simple,
and reveal the complexity behind the apparently straightforward.
Original and
thought-provoking, Mapping It Out invites leading lights from a host
of fields to create a personal map of their own, in whatever form and showing
whatever terrain they choose, whether real-world or imaginary. Some contributors
have translated scientific data into simplified visual language, while others
have condensed vast social, political or natural forms into concise diagrams.
Many have reworked existing maps to subvert their original purpose or to
present an alternative view of reality. Others play with the map’s commitment
to truth by plotting invented worlds and charting imaginative flights of fancy.
Going further, some offer entirely new kinds of map – or even reject the map’s
claim to bear facts altogether.
In his
Introduction, acclaimed novelist Tom McCarthy reflects on the relationship
between maps, literature and knowledge, while Hans Ulrich Obrist considers the
influence of maps on artistic creativity.
With
contributions from David Adjaye, Tim Berners-Lee, Olafur Eliasson, Mona Hatoum,
Susan Hiller, Damien Hirst, Anish Kapoor, John Maeda, Annette Messager, Yoko
Ono, Ed Ruscha, Bruce Sterling, Christopher Stringer, J. Craig Venter and many
others …
Hans Ulrich
Obrist is Co-Director of Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of
International Projects at the Serpentine Gallery, London. He has curated dozens
of pioneering exhibitions all over the world, and has written and compiled many
publications on cultural issues. Tom McCarthy is a writer and artist.
He is author of the novels Remainder, Men in Space and C, and
the work of literary criticism Tintin and the Secret of Literature.
