radical mapping at Golden Belt, this (the Third) Friday

Posted on September 14, 2008 
Filed Under bikes, images, politics, urban design

Maps as art?

Opening Friday, September 19th, 6-9pm, the Triangle Cartography Convergence will occupy three rooms at Golden Belt. The east Durham exhibits are part of a larger event with exhibits at the UNC Global Education Center as well as the Friedl building at Duke.

The Triangle Cartography Convergence is a two-month experiment in radical cartography. On display will be maps that challenge you to think in new ways about the world we live in. For a reminder of what “radical/counter cartography” might mean, here’s the Independent’s article on this group and other experimental map-makers in the Triangle area: What Google Earth Doesn’t Show You.

At least two of the maps/installations will have bicycling-related themes, and as part of the Golden Belt’s LEED certification, there are bike racks galore around its campus.

If you don’t yet know where Golden Belt is, you can find directions here.

North Carolina Community Cartographies Convergence — September/October 2008
All events free and open to all

Two months of events exploring community cartography, radical map-making, spatial activism and their possibilities for the Triangle and larger NC, accompanied by a multi-site collaborative exhibition, and culminating in the convergence itself, a day of workshops, networking and collaboration.

Submit maps and artwork for exhibition, workshop proposals, and event ideas for the second NC Community Cartographies Convergence and exhibit, to be held September - October 2008. Please join us to plan and gather submissions on Sept. 6. Details below…

Events will run September through mid-October. Saturday, September 6 is an open gathering to plan and hang the exhibition, and close Saturday October 18 with the day-long convergence.  Proposals for events between those two dates are encouraged (as are autonomously organized events!). Events already planned or in the works include:

SEPTEMBER 13: Urban Farm Tour in Chapel Hill and Carrboro
When you think agriculture, food, sustenance, do you think of huge stretches of rural farm-land? Did you know there are dozens of great places within town limits that practice sustainable farming and agriculture practices, right in our own backyard?! Join us in efforts to make these practices visible and educate folks about the immense possibilities for becoming healthier and more sustainable.  For more information: http://carrborogreenspace.org/

SEPTEMBER 13: DURHAM - FACE UP PROJECT BUS/BIKE MURAL TOUR
Travel together along the Face Up mural trail from CDS to Dowtown to Southwest Central Durham to see more than 14 murals that make up the Face Up: Telling Stories of Community Life project series. Experience the amazing images and quotes from legendary Durhamite Pauli Murray and NEW NEW NEW the 7 mural series of Durham Community Portraits that will be installed at 1820 James Street. A collective mapping and active tracing of Durham’s community life.

The Bike Mural tour was a success drawing 40+ participants. Thanks to the Center for Documentary Studies for organizing a great ride.

SEPTEMBER 19: DURHAM
Mapping Art Opening and Latino/a Studies Reception at Friedl Building Gallery at Duke University (5:00pm-6:30pm) …and later same day…
Opening Reception for Mapping Exhibits and 3rd Friday at Golden Belt (7:00pm-10pm)

SEPTEMBER 23, 7pm: CHAPEL HILL
A hugely successful international exhibition and book tour continues as An Atlas of Radical Cartography comes to North Carolina, opening at the Global Education Center, UNC-CH campus. Reception and brief welcoming speeches. For more information: http://www.an-atlas.com/

OCTOBER 2: DURHAM (6:30pm-8:00pm)
Epics of Black and Brown: A Public Panel on the Representation, Culture and Experience of African American and Latino/a Migrations, in conjunction with the Jacob Lawrence exhibition, at Golden Belt
Panelists: Harry Harrison (Director, YMICC, Asheville), James H. Johnson (Director, Urban Investment Strategies Center, Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise; William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship), Pedro Lasch (Visual Artist & Duke Professor), and Claudia Milian (Cultural Theorist & Duke Professor).

OCTOBER 16: DURHAM, 5:30pm-7:00pm
Talk by Berkeley-based radical cartographer Trevor Paglen at the Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University in conjunction with the Visiting Artists Series of Duke’s Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies, and the 2008 Conference ‘Scenes of Secrecy’

OCTOBER 17: DURHAM, 7pm-10pm
Evening refreshments at Golden Belt for open studios and mapping exhibitions on Durham’s traditional ‘3rd Friday of the month’ celebration.

OCTOBER 18: DURHAM
North Carolina Counter Cartographies Convergence Main Event and closing. All day at the Golden Belts Arts studio building (building 3), east of downtown Durham
Also late afternoon reception in conjunction with the 2008 Conference ‘Scenes of Secrecy: Interdisciplinary Inquiries on Suspicion, Intelligence, and Security’

For more information on any of the above, or to send proposals: email countercartographies@unc.edu or visit www.countercartographies.org For any Spanish inquiries or proposals contact / para preguntas o proyectos en español contacte a: Pedro Lasch - plasch@duke.edu

Images courtesy of Golden Belt Arts.

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One Response to “radical mapping at Golden Belt, this (the Third) Friday”

  1. james on September 15th, 2008 8:52 am

    I just wanted to add a plug for an open mapping project that could use more volunteers. OpenStreetmap (http://openstreetmap.org) is a project that seeks to tap the public to map out the world and to free the data from this project.

    The project is building momentum and its philosophy of providing the data free to the public is probably closer to the intent of these radical mappers.

    For folks interested in biking, there is a rendering layer that features information relevant to bikers more prominently. Unfortunately, these data (such as bike shops, bike parking, bike routes, etc…) have not been added for the U.S. yet.

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