Cultural Cartographies: GPS Drawings
of Bellagio, Italy
2000
Place-based digital GPS drawings, composite video, large format prints, artist book
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Subtle Technologies Conference, University of Toronto, Canada, 2001
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Generative Art Conference and Exhibition, Milan, Italy, 2000
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"Scienced Ficctions; Vehicles, Technologies, and Tracings of Other Places" group exhibition at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada 2000
In May, 2000, I was an artist in residence at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Study and Conference Center in Bellagio, Italy. This site project employed GPS, sound and video. The Rockefeller grounds have centuries-old gardens as well as fortifications on the north side of the property. I collected GPS data, sound and video footage from the Villa, the village, and the nearby hamlets. The work included GPS mapping drawings compiled into a daily log artists book, and video/sound work.
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The dissemination of this work makes visible new ways of reading place and the characteristics and nuances of each site selected in Northern Italy. The project explored the global/local conditions of visualizing place through technology, surveillance and accessibility.