Public Art: The New Cartographers

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"We are obsessed with building labyrinths, where before there was open plain
and sky. To draw ever more complex patterns on the blank sheet. We cannot
abide openness.that first unscribbled serenity.that anarchic openness of the
sky."- Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow

Maps carry the illusion of Truth. We believe them-they are scientific,
objective documents. And believe in them-whatever is unseen, unknown we must
make visible, make known, in order to control, author, and orient ourselves
and others in our world. What else are expression and exploration, but acts
of mad scribbling on blank sheets? (...)

Public Art: The New Cartographers
By Molly Kleiman
http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/articles.php?aid=750