Cartography

  Maps are visual two-dimensional translations of our physical geography designed to help us orient ourselves within, and relate to our terrestrial world. They in turn reinforce their abstractions on our understanding of that world. Distortions in cartography translate into distortions in worldviews, and no map is without distortion.

   These charts extract man-made attributes we project onto our world. Cartography attempts to illustrate how national boundaries, specific names, and hegemonic objectifications are but extensions of our selves, and do not necessarily exist beyond our thoughts.

Globe #4, 2003:
Chalk, felt, eraser, ink, iron, paper.

 Deductive maps, 2003:
A Map of … Showing the … of …
A Map of the … Coast
Among the … Forests of…
… has Mapped by Aerial Photography 160,000 Square Miles of…,
… Home of the …
… is an Amalgamation of Many States
Northern Half of the … Isle
Sketch map of the … Islands
Sketch Showing Fronts of the … and … Glaciers
The Area of Modern … Approximates that of …
The…Reefs and its Isles, Sketch map of …
Where the New Alphabet was Found
Ink on paper.

 Rorschach Maps, 2003:
Guam
Indian Territories (Michigan)
Johnson Atoll
Louisiana Purchase
Mariana Islands
Marshall Islands
Midway Islands
Oregon Territories
Palau
Puerto Rico
Samoa
Unorganized Territories 1860
U.S. Colonies 1800
U.S. Virgin Islands
Wake Islands
Ink on postcard