Stage set for a day of tiny tent making at Möbius Art Space with the Institute for Infinitely Small Things, Cambridge, MA. If you’re in the area feel free to come by! 10a - 3p 55 Norfolk Street, Cambridge, MA (near Central Square).
Infinitely Small Things
A blog of recent findings by the
Institute for Infinitely Small Things.
conducts creative, participatory research that aims to temporarily transform public spaces and instigate dialogue about democracy, spatial justice and everyday life. The Institute’s projects use performance, conversation and unexpected interventions to investigate social and political “tiny things”. Based mostly in Boston, MA, and occasionally under the leadership of artist kanarinka, the group’s membership is varied and interdisciplinary.
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2012-01-14 28 notes
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2012-01-13 29 notes
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2012-01-01 165 notes
Shapes of the world…
http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/cracking-planet.html
Combining a Buckminster Fuller-like interest in the most efficient way to map a sphere in two dimensions with a deployment of new algorithms, the maps show alternative ways of representing the earth’s surface.
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2011-12-21 0 notes
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2011-12-17 242 notes
Old 3D Maps Of New York
Codex 99 continues it’s historical look of New York maps with a collection which adds an extra dimension.
Source: codex99.com
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A brief history of time zones
An innovative and interactive map on the history of time zones @OwniEU - Click on the link below to view the interactive map.
“Good maps help to educate and I found the above interactive globe from the BBC a really great way to learn about time zones. The BBC are becoming increasingly ambitious with their maps and I think they have excelled themselves with this one.”
Source: BBC
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2011-12-16 65 notes
Behold a map of all the US refineries currently processing oil from the tar sands.
Conclusion: it ain’t easy to avoid.
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2011-12-14 25 notes
Guide de la dérive.
Aquerelle, encre et crayon blanc sur calque.
2011
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2011-12-13 8 notes
The only issue I would raise with the serendipidor app is that it still relies on a so-called “objective,” cartesian sense of space. I understand the attempt to access some deeper ontology of city space by interrupting our conventional experience, but doing it through a smartphone app seems difficult since you are already still reaching into the unquestioned metaphor of a map, and google maps at that.
Sentient City Survival Kit
Source: survival.sentientcity.net
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A spatial look at the names associated with hydrography in the United States. I never thought about how different hydrographic names varied by geographic region until I saw this map. I always thought it was strange that when I moved to Virginia, everything was referred to as a Branch or Run instead of where I grew up in NY, everything was called a Kill or a Creek.
“Generic place names (or toponyms) such as Cumberland Gap or Mount Rainier provide general categorical descriptions of a geographic feature, in contrast to specific toponyms, which provide a unique identifier: Lake Huron. This map taps into the place names contained in the USGS National Hydrography Dataset to show how the generic names of streams vary across the lower 48. Creeks and rivers are symbolized in gray due to their ubiquity (although the etymology behind the American use of creek is interesting), while bright colors symbolize other popular toponyms.
Lite-Brite aesthetic notwithstanding, I like this map because it illustrates the range of cultural and environmental factors that affect how we label and interact with the world. Lime green bayous follow historical French settlement patterns along the Gulf Coast and up Louisiana streams. The distribution of the Dutch-derived term kill (dark blue) in New York echoes the colonial settlement of “New Netherland” (as well as furnishing half of a specific toponym to the Catskill Mountains). Similarly, the spanish-derived terms rio, arroyo, and cañada (orange hues) trace the early advances of conquistadors into present-day northern New Mexico, an area that still retains some unique cultural traits. Washes in the southwest reflect the intermittent rainfall of the region, while streams named swamps (desaturated green) along the Atlantic seaboard highlight where the coastal plain meets the Appalachian Piedmont at the fall line.
There are a few patterns on the map that I haven’t been able to figure out. West Virginia shows a sharp north to south division between runs and branches that continues to puzzle me. Some other geographic patterns I’ve noticed in WV largely run parallel to the Appalachians, from the SE to NW. I don’t know much about the area, though, and I have no idea what could be behind such a distinct division. Any West Virginia-ites willing to take a stab? I’m also intrigued by the patch of branches in southwestern Wisconsin, which I suspect may have something to do with the diffusion of naming practice by way of branch-loving Appalachian miners during a regional lead mining boom in the early 19th century.
This map originally came from a late 2009 project in a class by Joby Bass. If I remade it now, I’d probably try to negotiate some of the overlaps in symbology that happens in very crowded areas, but I still think it’s interesting as-is. If you are interested in learning more about toponyms, George Stewart’s Names on the Land is an engaging classic on naming practices in the US, and there are more specific articles about stream names from Wilbur Zelinsky and Robert West.”
Source: derekwatkins.wordpress.com
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Little Printer by BERG London is the first of a family of connected products for the home. It lives in your home, bringing you news, puzzles and gossip from your friends by printing a timely, beautiful mini-newspaper. It runs on the simultaneously developed BERG Cloud technology.
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2011-12-08 0 notes
Occupy Boston to be Evicted Tonight, All Bodies to Dewey Square
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2011-12-07 45 notes
James Bridles’ Rorschmap is a geographically useless but beautiful project that turns Google Earth maps into kalediscopic masterpieces. (That’s NYC) Go have some fun with it!
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2011-12-06 0 notes
A video documentary combining exhibition footage of the Situationist International exhibitions with film footage of the 1968 Paris student uprising, and graffiti and slogans based on the ideas of Guy Debord (one of the foremost spokesmen of the Situationist International movement). Also includes commentary by leading art critics Greil Marcus, Thomas Levine, and artists Malcolm Mac Laren and Jamie Reid. Branka Bogdanov, Director and producer. NTSC-VHS 22 min. 1989
