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Glenn Smith wrote:
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> I don't really understand why such a conversation is going on on this list
> but i guess the only art and ideas i can see are those of the geographer
> Jovan Cvijic who played such a crucial part in legitimizing serbia and
> consequently Yugolslavian claims on Macedonia through his maps of 1906,
> 1909, 1913 and 1918, all of which were celebrated at the peace conference at
> the time. However, like most things in life he was a little bit biased and
> so the story becomes written and drawn as fact with all the messes that this
> has created. The final boundaries agreed at paris refelct the power poltics
> in the region in the first half of the century as interpreted and promoted
> by a geographer, his maps and ideas. Not any natural devolopment of
> identities or rightful claims to land. Just drawings and ideas.
>
> Now any chance for some artistic discussion ???
>
> RG.
A similar thing happened in the partition of Ireland.
The Morning Post leaked an unresolved line and that
was adopted in panic. This was somethingly based on
opinions in the territory which was potentially either
side of the border. I guess without the leak a more
sensible City State of Protestant Belfast might have
been established?
I'll attempt links away from maps to colours.
I understand it's a fact that any map showing sub
territories can be coloured using four or less colours.
But it was a hell of a job proving this taking lots
of Victorian scholars lots of time to achieve. Is anyone
aware of interesting art work related to this? Or to
geographical mapping more generally?
There's a link from our web page to a project we helped
with which involves mapping a swathe of Northern England
with the project the site reflects by the Harrisons.
http://www.dragon.org.uk
There's another which has just gone up to a project by
the artist "Doria Hemming" assisted by a research team
including Professor John Hyatt, Tracey Sanders Wood and
Stephen Twigge who is an International Politics scholar.
This includes a mapping of a cold war tunnel and of post
war colour-coded weoponry.
http://www.retinainc.com/battle/
Both are media heavy with streaming media and shockwave.
The second one has a physical exhibtion at the CUBE
gallery in Manchester - until 28 May 1999.
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