My recent attempts at map art (geoglitter map and Warholian maps) have nothing on these two installations that were in the news yesterday:
1) David Byrne’s “Tight Spot”
This is a giant inflated globe placed under the High Line. For those not in the know, David Byrne was a founding member of the Talking Heads and he’s done all kinds of things since then. This particular installation is located on an elevated park that runs through the West Side neighborhoods of the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea and Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen in New York.
The first article I read on it (here) shows the actual finished art piece:
There were a couple of interesting bits in the article, including the fact that the finished piece “. . . is different from the small models and renderings he’d sent off to the fabricators in Minneapolis.” I’m guessing that this photo, found on another site, shows one of these original renderings, since it certainly looks a lot different from the one above:
Another quote from the article, this one from Byrne himself can give you something to ponder, “The worst is to be told, ‘Oh, just do anything you want to do.’ Things tend to create themselves when you lay out all the rules.”
2) Jello Map
The only thing I have to say about this 6-foot long map of the U.S. made entirely with jello is that I have deep respect for anyone who can actually get a single bowl of jello to set-up, let-alone the amount that must have gone into this.
FOR MORE MAP ART FUN:
- Axis Maps LLC has one of the best typographic map (i.e., maps made entirely with labels) series available for purchase. They are beautiful.
- Check out the bookThe Map as Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography
for all kinds of zany yet thought-provoking map art installations.
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