“Mapquest” Exhibit Coming to PS 122 Gallery
PS122 Gallery and artwurl.org are pleased to present MAPQUEST, an exhibition that brings together work by artists, activists, writers and organizers, involved in experimentation with critical and dissident cartography.
The exhibition examines various mapping strategies employed as response to specific social and political issues. Working not unlike investigative journalists, some participants conduct and map in-depth research of themes such as the functioning of private military contractors or recruitment centers. Others design maps as tools, featuring information that can be used to support for social action. In a similar vein they employ mapping strategies to produce alternative knowledge about networks of power and control in urban spaces.
PS 122 is presenting the work of Lize Mogel and Dario Azzellini, Daniel Blochwitz, Cartographic Perspectives: Map Art, Center for Urban Pedagogy, Ewen Chardronnet, The Friends of William Blake, Elise Gardella, Ryan Griffis/Temporary Travel Office, Ashley Hunt, Lasse Lau, Nadxieli Mannello, Sarah Ross, and Gregory Sholette organized by guest curator Elena Sorokina. The exhibition will run from September 16 through October 9, 2006.
PS122 Gallery is located at 150 1st Avenue (entrance on 9th Street between Ave A & 1st Ave.), New York. Gallery hours are: Thursday through Sunday 11 to 6pm. Subways: 6 to Astor Place, L to 1st Avenue, N/R to 8th Street.
