“After people themselves, places are the topics on which the greatest number of us have something to say.”
Malcolm McCullough, from Digital Ground
With this quote in mind I have been looking for stories told about specific, geographical locations with the aid of maps.
There are lots of examples of destination information, but I'm looking for things that have a more narrative edge. a bit like these:
Cabspotting
Cabspotting traces San Francisco's taxi cabs as they travel throughout
the Bay Area. The patterns traced by each cab create a living and
always-changing map of city life. This map hints at economic, social,
and cultural trends that are otherwise invisible.
e17 ArtTrail
More than 350 artists and local people’s work, shown all over Walthamstow for nine days this September, with
150 free exhibitions, events, talks and workshops.map as well as art exhibitions. This years trail also offers a chance to reacquaint the general public with local history and to share the experience with a few participatory and family orientated events.
Meander map
This interactive live art event was commissioned in 2006 by the BBC and Arts Council England to accompany the television series Simon Schama’s Power of Art.A number of artists were invited to go on a journey around different cities in the Uk and make work in response to this journey.
I'm continuing to collect so if you have any thoughts, ideas or examples please leave a coment or send me an email.