You Are Here Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination (Imagined Maps Around the World, Collection of Artists Maps)

Name: You Are Here Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination (Imagined Maps Around the World, Collection of Artists Maps)
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ISBN: 9781568984308

ISBN-10: 1568984308

ISBN-13: 9781568984308

Edition: 2004

Authors: Katharine Harmon

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Mapmaking fulfills one of our most ancient and deepseated desires: understanding the world around us and our place in it. But maps need not just show continents and oceans: there are maps to heaven and hell; to happiness and despair; maps of moods, matrimony, and mythological places. There are maps to popular culture, from Gulliver's Island to Gilligan's Island. There are speculative maps of the world before it was known, and maps to secret places known only to the mapmaker. Artists' maps show another kind of uncharted realm: the imagination. What all these maps have in common is their creators' willingness to venture beyond the boundaries of geography or convention. You Are Here is a…

Book details

List price: $27.50
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Publication date: 10/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 7.05" wide x 9.96" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Akiko Busch is a contributing editor at Metropolis.