«...to make maps is to organize oneself, to generate new connections and to be able to transform the material and immaterial conditions in which we find ourselves immersed. It isn’t the territory but it definitely produces territory.»
From An Atlas of Radical Cartography (Journal of Aesthetics & Protest Press, 2007)
Institute Design2Context is pleased to present ‹An Atlas of Radical Cartography› from January, 15th 2010 till February, 9thth 2010 at Whitespace Gallery in Zurich.
‹An Atlas of Radical Cartography› makes its premise on undermining the claim of mapping as an objective representation of the world. Instead, the project understands mapping
as a tool for reconstructing our society and political sphere against the dominant pictures of the world that are often represented or made invisible by «falsographers» (Olivier Rolin). In this radical cartography converge diverse practices such as art, critical theories, architectural & graphic designs and activism, share interests in re-mapping the world collectively.
‹An Atlas of Radical Cartography› was initiated and convened as a publication of ten maps together with ten accompanying essays by New York-based artists Lize Mogel and Alexis Bhagat. As a traveling exhibition, it was called in and
reset anew at several institutes in
the United States. Now, for the exhibtion at Whitespace in Zurich, the collection of maps had been updated and extended to put a stronger focus on the changes of
the world after the neoliberal crisis. Those maps take on a range of pressing social and political issues from globalization and economic inequity to diverse urban concerns, in the process creating new imaginary territories and anticipating possible actions.
An Atlas of Radical Cartography
presented by Civic City
Whitespace, Militärstrasse 76, Zürich
From 15.01.2010 until 09.02.2010
open every Thursday and Friday,
4pm to 7pm and on appointment.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Institute for Applied Autonomy with Site-R
The Center for Urban Pedagogy
Jane Tsong
hackitektura.net, Indymedia Estrecho & others
Pedro Lasch
Philippe Rekacewicz
Tim Rieniets with Philippe Rekacewicz
Unnayan
Ashley Hunt
Brooke Singer
Pulska Gruppa
Rote Fabrik in collaboration with Anke Hagemann
Trevor Paglen & John Emerson
Lize Mogel
Jacqueline Goss
An Architektur with a42.org
SOME IMPRESSIONS
