Close Up at a Distance – Mapping, Technology, and Politics
Mapping, Technology, and Politics
$56.85
- Paperback
232 pages
- Release Date
13 February 2023
Summary
Maps poised at the intersection of art, architecture, activism, and geography trace a profound shift in our understanding and experience of space.
The maps in this book are drawn with satellites, assembled with pixels radioed from outer space, and constructed from statistics; they record situations of intense conflict and express fundamental transformations in our ways of seeing and of experiencing space. These maps are built with Global Positioning Systems (GPS), remote sensing satel…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781942130789 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1942130783 |
| Author: | Laura Kurgan |
| Publisher: | Zone Books |
| Imprint: | Zone Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Release Date: | 13 February 2023 |
| Weight: | 488g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 186mm x 17mm |
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“Situated between art, architecture, and geography, Kurgan illustrates that actual research through practice can be as radically critical as it is projective.”
“In terms of the overall implications of Kurgan’s work there is a sense in which, to paraphrase Marshall McLuhan, the method is the message.” * Environments and Planning D: Society and Space *“Situated between art, architecture, and geography, Kurgan illustrates that actual research through practice can be as radically critical as it is projective.” * Constructs *
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