Mapping Magnets
mexico city in danger zone ecopop alert wallpaper art in blue dark wave Magnet
by Jorge Lebeau
$4.75
Description: From the series “Code”, oil and graphite pencil on paper, original size 28 x 50 cm, 2016. A map is an imprint, a sign of man in the landscape. An alien intelligence, observing our cities from the great distances of the space, could interpret them as the characters of an alphabet, sort of messages, a code of signs, each one different from the other, each with its own meaning and its own syntax. This hypothetical alien presence may not even realize that these cities have a purpose and a function, which are the product of the way we have adapted to live on this planet, but it could engage in an attempt to interpret this unknown language, identifying the alphabet and associating to each character a precise meaning. We will still be ...
Description: From the series “Code”, oil and graphite pencil on paper, 30 x 30 cm. ORIGINAL SOLD A map is an imprint, a sign of man in the landscape. An alien intelligence, observing our cities from the great distances of the space, could interpret them as the characters of an alphabet, sort of messages, a code of signs, each one different from the other, each with its own meaning and its own syntax. This hypothetical alien presence may not even realize that these cities have a purpose and a function, which are the product of the way we have adapted to live on this planet, but it could engage in an attempt to interpret this unknown language, identifying the alphabet and associating to each character a precise meaning. We will still be able t...
Description: K2, at 8,611 metres (28,251 ft) above sea level, is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest at 8,849 metres (29,032 ft). K2 is ranked 22nd by topographic prominence, a measure of a mountain's independent stature, because it is part of the same extended area of uplift (including the Karakoram, the Tibetan Plateau, and the Himalaya) as Mount Everest.
Description: Null Island is a fictional location at the point where the equator and prime meridian meet in the Gulf of Guinea. Though it doesn't exist as a real place, it has become a playful reference in digital mapping and geography. This drawing captures the curious charm of a spot that symbolizes data quirks and global coordinates.
