Research Catalog

Title

Experimental geography / Nato Thompson ; with essays by Jeffrey Kastner and Trevor Paglen ; and contributions from Matthew Coolidge ... [et al.].

Author

Thompson, Nato.

Publication

Brooklyn, N.Y. : Melville House ; New York : Independent Curators International, c2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kastner, Jeffrey.
• Paglen, Trevor.
• Independent Curators International.
• Richard E. Peeler Art Center.
• Rochester Art Center (Minn.)
• Albuquerque Museum.
• Colby College. Museum of Art.

Description

168 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps; 28 cm.

Alternative Title

Experimental geography : radical approaches to landscape, cartography, and urbanism

Subject

• Geography in art > Exhibitions
• Art, Modern > 21st century > Exhibitions
• Land use > Environmental aspects > Exhibitions
• Arts > Experimental methods > Exhibitions
• Open spaces > Exhibitions

Note

• "Francis Alÿs, AREA Chicago, the Center for Land Use Interpretation, the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), e-Xplo, Ilana Halperin, kanarinka (Catherine d'Ignazio), Julie Meltzer and David Thorne, Lize Mogel, Multiplicity, Trevor Paglen, Raqs Media Collective, Ellen Rothenberg, Spurse, Deborah Stratman, Alex Villar, Daniel Tucker, Yin Xiuzhen."
• Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by iCI, Independent Curators International and held at Richard E. Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind., Sept. 19-Dec. 12, 2008; Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minn., Feb. 7-Apr. 18, 2009; the Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, N.M., June 28-Sept. 20, 2009; and at Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Me., Feb. 21-May 30, 2010.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-161) and index.

Contents

In two directions: geography as art, art as geography / Nato Thompson -- Experimental geography: from cultural production to the production of space / Trevor Paglen -- Rich in reference: thoughts on land art's infrastructural legacy / Jeffrey Kastner -- Landscape is a metaphor / text by Matthew Coolidge ; artists : The Center for Land Use Interpretation, Francis Alÿs, Ilana Halperin, Raqs Media Collective, Julia Meltzer and David Thorne -- Research and development / text by Iain Kerr ; artists : Spurse, Multiplicity and Trevor Paglen -- We are the city / text by Damon Rich ; artists : CUP, kanarinka, Alex Villar, Deborah Stratman, e-Xplo, and Yin Xiuzhen -- Cartography / text by Lize Mogel ; artists : Lize Mogel, Ellen Rothenberg, AREA Chicago, and Daniel Tucker.

Call Number

Map Div. 09-4242

ISBN

• 9780091636586 (pbk.)
• 0091636582 (pbk.)

LCCN

2008932805

OCLC

271432103

Author

Thompson, Nato.

Title

Experimental geography / Nato Thompson ; with essays by Jeffrey Kastner and Trevor Paglen ; and contributions from Matthew Coolidge ... [et al.].

Imprint

Brooklyn, N.Y. : Melville House ; New York : Independent Curators International, c2008.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-161) and index.

Added Author

Kastner, Jeffrey.

Paglen, Trevor.

Independent Curators International.

Richard E. Peeler Art Center.

Rochester Art Center (Minn.)

Albuquerque Museum.

Colby College. Museum of Art.

Cover Title

Experimental geography : radical approaches to landscape, cartography, and urbanism

Research Call Number

Map Div. 09-4242