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Discover the intersection of art and GPS technology, exploring how artists and critics view GPS art, limitations, possibilities, social implications, and societal reactions. Dive into the works of notable artists and critics in this innovative field.
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What is GPS Art? An Exploration of Artistic Paths Jeff Moll April 10, 2007
What is GPS Art? http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2849810430047123626zlZGYe
http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~highrise/flat/where/maps/map4.gifhttp://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~highrise/flat/where/maps/map4.gif
What is Art? “If an artist says it’s art, it’s art.” – Roberta Smith http://arthistory.westvalley.edu/images/D/DUCHAMP/FOUNTAIN.JPG
What is Art? Something is a work of art if it is “intended as art, presented as such, and … judged to be art by those qualified in such matters.” – Grace Clueck
What is Art? “Art is expression; and expression we may describe…as the putting forth of purpose, feeling, or thought into a sensuous medium, where they can be experienced again by the one who expresses himself and communicated to others.” – Dewitt H. Parker describing Benedito Croce’s definition of ‘art’
Is “GPS Art” Really Art? • “Artists” • Critics • GPS as a medium - technical limitations - capabilities and possibilities • Social Implications • The Answer
The Artists – Hugh Pryor and Jeremy Wood http://www.gpsdrawing.com/gallery/land/belephant.htm The Brighton Elephant
The Artists – Hugh Pryor and Jeremy Wood LAX Airport http://www.gpsdrawing.com/
The Artists – Masaki Fujihata Impressing Velocity http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/works/impressing-velocity/
The Artists – Jeremy Hight, Jeff Knowlton and Naomi Spellman 34 North 118 West from Martin Rieser, “Place, Space and Narrative Forms”
The Artists – Timo Arnall Photography and Mapping from Afar http://www.elasticspace.com/images/afar_photo_map00.jpg
The Artists – Timo Arnall Time that Land Forgot http://www.elasticspace.com/2004/07/timeland
The Artists – 0100101110101101.org http://0100101110101101.org/index.html
The Artists – Nancy Nisbet http://www.turbulence.org/blog/images/xray.jpg
The Critics • Bloggers – Matt Ward “The map is open, connectable in all its dimensions, and capable of being dismantled; it is reversible and susceptible to constant modifaction…. Contrary to a tracing which always returns to the ‘same,’ a map has multiple entrances.” – French philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari • Scholars – Martin Reiser “The GPS drawing project simultaneously combines the idea of mapping and walking…. But these landscape mapes seem purely aesthetic in their intention.”
The GPS Medium - Limitations • Preexisting Infrastructure • Primitive/Restricted Aesthetic • Technological Flaws • Homogenization of Space • Expense • Participation • Exhibiting Technology
The GPS Medium - Possibilities • Universal Visibility • Physical Scale • Objective/Common Experience • Assimilation of Technology and Life • Expansion of Human Reach • Makes Invisible Visible • Manipulation of Dimensions • Translating the Passive vs. the Active
Looking Back to the Clouds… http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2799282800047123626KXdaRi
And Back to the Map… http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~highrise/flat/where/maps/map4.gif
The Answer • Critics • Society’s Response - our minds - our eyes
The Answer “Unless you know where to look you will never see them.” - Mark Ward (on Wood and Pryor)
Society’s Reaction • Our Minds • Our Eyes
References Arnall, Timo. “Photography and Mapping from Afar.” Elastic Space. 28 Jul. 2004. 9 Apr. 2007. <http://www.elasticspace.com/2004/07/afar>. Arnall, Timo. “Time that Land Forgot.” Elastic Space. 30 Jul. 2004. 9 Apr. 2007. <http://www.elasticspace.com/2004/07/timeland>. Greene, Jo-Anne and Helen Thornton. “GPS Art.” networked_performance 30 Mar. 2005. 9 Apr. 2007. <http://www.turbulence.org/blog/archives/000776.html>. Hibino, Kikuhiko and Aldo Figueroa. “Global Positioning System (GPS): MAT200A.” University of California Santa Barbara. 9 Apr. 2007. <http://www.mat.ucsb.edu/ ~g.legrady/academic/courses/02w200a/gps/>. Kamhi, Michelle Marder and Louis Torres. “Supplement to What Art Is: The Esthetic Theory of Ayn Rand – Chapter 6 - The Definition of Art.” ‘What Art Is’ Online. 2000. 9 Apr. 2007. <http://www.aristos.org/whatart/ch6.htm>. Lakshmi, Sandhana. “With GPS, World Is Your Canvas.” Wired News 22 Jun. 2002. 9 Apr. 2007. <http://www.wired.com/news/culture/1,52989-0.html>.
References (continued) Mirapaul, Matthew. “Drawing (and Doodling) With Countryside as Canvas.” The New York Times 1 Apr. 2002: E2. Parker, Dewitt H. The Principles of Aesthetics. IndyPublish, 2001. Authorama. 9 Apr. 2007 <http://www.authorama.com/principles-of-aesthetics-3.html>. Rieser, Martin. “Place, Space and New Narrative Forms.” Bath Spa University College, Bath, England. Scheeres, Julia. “New Body Art: Chip Implants.” Wired News 11 Mar. 2002. 9 Apr. 2007. <http://www.wired.com/news/culture/1,50769-0.html>. Ward, Mark. “Safari by Satellite.” BBC News Online. 15 Oct. 2001. 9 Apr. 2007. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2000/dot_life/1595670.stm>. Ward, Matt. “GPS Drawing: Meaningless Spatial Squiggles.” Thinking About Things 11 Feb. 2005. 9 Apr. 2007. <http://triptychresearch.typepad.com/ thinking_about_things/2005/02/gps_drawing_mea.html>. Whale, George. “Why Use Computers to Make Drawings?” Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Creativity and Cognition (2002): pp. 65-71.
