here's another blatant plug for a fascinating cartography project curated by a geographer-artist. if you are interested, read on! --Stella
Dear friends, I'm writing to tell you about a project I've been working on for the past two years, a culmination of my long-standing interest in "radical cartography"—a practice that uses maps and mapping to promote social change. *An Atlas of Radical Cartography* pairs artists, architects, designers, and collectives with writers to explore the map's role as political agent. These 10 mapping projects and critical essays take on social and political issues from globalization to garbage. An Atlas of Radical Cartography will be an important addition to the tremendous cultural momentum that links art, design, geography and activism through maps. This boxed set includes a book of essays and 10 fold-out maps, and is edited by myself and artist/writer Lex Bhagat. It will be published in Fall 2007 by the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest Press, Los Angeles, at a cover price of $25.00. Concurrently, an exhibition of the maps, titled "An Atlas," will tour nationally. Participants include mapmakers / essayists: An Architektur / Sebastian Cobarrubias, Maribel Casas-Cortes on migration in Europe; Center for Urban Pedagogy / Heather Rogers on garbage flows in New York City; Ashley Hunt / Avery Gordon on the global prison-industrial complex; Institute for Applied Autonomy / Tad Hirsch on surveillance and "tactical cartography"; Pedro Lasch / Alejandro DaCosta on migration in the Americas; Lize Mogel / Sarah Lewison on geography, gentrification, and globalization; Trevor Paglen & John Emerson / Naeem Mohaiemen on extraordinary rendition; Brooke Singer / Kolya Abramsky on the contradictions of cheap energy in the US; Jane Tsong / Jenny Price, D.J. Waldie, et al, on human impacts on LA's water ecology; Unayyan / Jai Sen on mapping the unintended city in 1980s Calcutta. An Atlas of Radical Cartography is an independent publication, created, produced, and distributed by artists.* We see this is as a collective effort, and* *so we ask for your help in raising $5,000 in small donations to cover part of our printing costs. *All profits will go to compensating the writers, mapmakers, editors, and designers for their work. Your support will make this project possible, and is hugely appreciated! More information about this project, including map and essay excerpts and participant bios, is online at *http://www.an-atlas.com*. I am also happy to answer any questions you may have—you can reach me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or at 718.596.0245. Thank you! Yours, Lize *To make a donation, please fill out and send the attached form with your check. Or, you may donate online with a credit card here:* * http://www.an-atlas.com/donate.htm All donations are tax-deductible.* Your support will be recognized in the publication itself. Minimum donations of $35 receive a complimentary copy of the publication! An Atlas of Radical Cartography is a sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), a 501(c) (3), tax-exempt organization. Contributions on behalf of An Atlas must be made payable to NYFA.
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