Posted in art, maps, nacis, tagged bogus art maps, frank lloyd wright, madison, meaninglessmaps, nacis, schumacher, taliesin, wisconsin on October 10, 2011 | 3 Comments »
In honor of NACIS 2011 in Madison: A Bogus Art Map of the Lower 48 states inspired by the style of Wisconsin native Frank Lloyd Wright. It turns out Wright was involved in the design of a number of wallpaper patterns, as seen in Schumacher’s Taliesin Line of Decorative Fabrics and Wallpaper. Yikes.
Posted in art, maps, tagged bogus art maps, jannis kounellis, meaninglessmaps on April 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in art, maps, tagged art, bogus, Centre Pompidou, François Morellet, meaninglessmaps on March 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A Bogus Art Map of the Lower 48 states inspired by the style of François Morellet. I have to admit that I’ve been daydreaming a bit lately about Paris in July (yep, ICC 2011). One of yesterday’s daydreams landed me on the Centre Pompidou website, where I discovered that there will be a François Morellet exhibit ending on July 4. I guess that settles it. First item on my Paris to-do list: Centre Pompidou.
Posted in art, maps, tagged banksy, bogus art maps, graffiti, meaninglessmaps on March 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in maps, tagged fcc, meaninglessmaps, tv on March 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ok. Let me get this out of the way up front. This map does NOT reveal any shocking spatial trend. We don’t look at it and think, “Oh, wow! I never would have expected there to be more TV stations in major cities!”… er, unless we have some seriously sarcastic thoughts. Loads of maps get tossed around the web these days showing some kind of single phenomenon on a national scale (McDonald’s or Roads, for example). These can generally be considered population density maps by proxy. The symbol used to represent the population density is what has changed. Where are people closest to McDonald’s franchises? This happens where people live in the greatest numbers. Where are most of the roads in the United States? Why, that happens where people live in the greatest numbers too! Please don’t get me wrong though. These maps can be beautiful. Ben Fry’s “All Streets” is breathtaking. I just don’t want anyone saying “duh” when I’m not trying to reveal any kind of spatial trend.
That said… look at this! This map shows all TV station broadcast areas in the contiguous United States as of August, 2010. The data come from the FCC. Broadcast areas are semi-transparent and of the same hue. Darker areas show locations and regions with many over-lapping signals. Lighter areas therefore reveal locations and regions with little or no TV reception. It’s just a graphic. There’s no analysis. But it’s still decently interesting to peruse.
Where do people watch TV? Where they live. Duh.
Posted in art, maps, tagged art, bogus art maps, cy twombly, maps, meaninglessmaps on March 2, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Posted in art, maps, tagged art, bogus, jackson pollock, meaninglessmaps on February 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Posted in art, maps, tagged art, hans hofman, map, meaninglessmaps on February 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Posted in art, maps, tagged art, eva hesse, maps, meaninglessmaps on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in art, maps, tagged art, bogus, map, meaninglessmaps, pablo picasso on February 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
