> "Lize Mogel is an interdisciplinary artist who works with the interstices between art and cultural geography, inserting and distributing cartographic projects into public space."
@ Public Green
details to many of her projects including An Atlas of Radical Cartography [ *need to get a copy, need to read], so many mapping projects.
> "Public Green poses questions about ownership of land, and suggests the transfer of property from private to public use. Viewers are asked to rethink their local landscape, and to physically transform their environment. Through tactics of information distribution along existing transportation networks, the viewer becomes an agent of mobility and change."
> being interviewed by Trevor Paglen
LM: Cartography encompasses all of my interests: in geography, geopolitics, architecture, landscape, urban issues, didacticism, and potential for widespread distribution. While mapping is a subjective practice, the map itself is culturally understood as presenting an objective truth. I use the familiarity of geographic information and cartographic design strategically, to present “counter-knowledges.” These underscore the social/political construction of the physical/social landscape, whether it is city parks, World’s Fair sites, or the art world itself.
We’re living in a very map-literate society, so maps are ideal aesthetic/informational objects that can be used for public address. The map as a form allows me to engage a public beyond a cultural audience—such as Los Angeles bus riders (Public Green, 2001); ...
> "Public space is an old habit.The words public space are deceptive; when I hear the
words, when I say the words, I’m forced to have an image of a physical place I can point
to and be in. I should be thinking only of a condition; but instead, I imagine an
architectural type, and I think of a piazza, or a town square, or a city commons. Public
space, I assume, without thinking about it, is a place where the public gathers. The public
gathers in two kinds of spaces. The first is a space that is public; the second is a space
that is made public, a place where the public gathers precisely because it doesn’t have
the right—a place made public by force."
details to many of her projects including An Atlas of Radical Cartography [ *need to get a copy, need to read], so many mapping projects.
> "Public Green poses questions about ownership of land, and suggests the transfer of property from private to public use. Viewers are asked to rethink their local landscape, and to physically transform their environment. Through tactics of information distribution along existing transportation networks, the viewer becomes an agent of mobility and change."
> being interviewed by Trevor Paglen
LM: Cartography encompasses all of my interests: in geography, geopolitics, architecture, landscape, urban issues, didacticism, and potential for widespread distribution. While mapping is a subjective practice, the map itself is culturally understood as presenting an objective truth. I use the familiarity of geographic information and cartographic design strategically, to present “counter-knowledges.” These underscore the social/political construction of the physical/social landscape, whether it is city parks, World’s Fair sites, or the art world itself.
We’re living in a very map-literate society, so maps are ideal aesthetic/informational objects that can be used for public address. The map as a form allows me to engage a public beyond a cultural audience—such as Los Angeles bus riders (Public Green, 2001); ...
> "Public space is an old habit.The words public space are deceptive; when I hear the
words, when I say the words, I’m forced to have an image of a physical place I can point
to and be in. I should be thinking only of a condition; but instead, I imagine an
architectural type, and I think of a piazza, or a town square, or a city commons. Public
space, I assume, without thinking about it, is a place where the public gathers. The public
gathers in two kinds of spaces. The first is a space that is public; the second is a space
that is made public, a place where the public gathers precisely because it doesn’t have
the right—a place made public by force."
-Vito Acconci, from “Public Space in a Private Time”, in Critical Inquiry 16, University of
Chicago,1990
Chicago,1990
"Public space is habitual—it is expected. As shared space, it lies within the American ideal of a
functional urban environment. This concept seems traditionalist, but with the incessant push
toward privatization, it can be quite radical. The term “public space” is slippery, and can’t be
used without setting parameters. Acconci’s text is a point of departure to discuss possible
definitions within the city of Los Angeles..."
functional urban environment. This concept seems traditionalist, but with the incessant push
toward privatization, it can be quite radical. The term “public space” is slippery, and can’t be
used without setting parameters. Acconci’s text is a point of departure to discuss possible
definitions within the city of Los Angeles..."
>carto-fetish
> E D U C A T I O N
2005 Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, Architecture and Urban Studies. NYC, NY.
1998 MFA, CalArts. Valencia CA.
1992 BFA, Carnegie-Mellon University. Pittsburgh PA.
2005 Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, Architecture and Urban Studies. NYC, NY.
1998 MFA, CalArts. Valencia CA.
1992 BFA, Carnegie-Mellon University. Pittsburgh PA.
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