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A photo of a secret CIA prison. A map designed to help visitors reach Malibu's notoriously inaccessible public beaches. Guidebooks to factories, prisons, and power plants in upstate New York. An artificial reef fabricated from 500 tonnes of industrial waste. These are some of the more than one hundred projects represented in Experimental Geography, a groundbreakingcollection of visual research and mapmaking from the past ten years.Experimental Geography explores the distinctions between geographical study and artistic experience of the earth, as well as the juncture where the two realms collide (and possibly make a new field altogether). This lavishly illustrated book features more than a dozen maps; artwork by Francis Al's, Alex Villar, and Yin Xiuzhen; and recent projects by The Center for Land Use Interpretation, the Raqs Media Collective, and the Center for Urban Pedagogy.The collection is framed by essays by bestselling author Trevor Paglen, Jeffrey Kastner, and editor Nato Thompson.Product Identifiers
PublisherMelville House Publishing
ISBN-139780091636586
eBay Product ID (ePID)90852024
Product Key Features
Number of Pages168 Pages
Publication NameExperimental Geography: Landscape Hacking, Cartography, and Radical Tourism
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGeography & Geosciences, Business
Publication Year2009
TypeTextbook
AuthorNato Thompson
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height279 mm
Item Weight637 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorNato Thompson