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| 28 May 2008 05:41:01 pm |
 Notes on Maps 1994 |
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'A map can be used to make a walk. A map can be used to make a work of art.
Maps have layers of information; they show history, geography, the naming of places.
A map is an artistic and poetic combination of image and language.
For me, a map is a potent alternative to a photograph, it has a different function.
It can show the idea of a whole work, not a moment.
A map can show time and space in a work of art.
Distance, the days of walking, the campsite, the shape of walking, can be shown in one concise but rich image.
In some of my works, I find the best places to realise particular ideas by first looking at a map.
A map can decide place and idea, either or both.
Maps can be read in many different ways, they are a standard and universal language.
I like to think my work on a map exists equally with all other information on it.
On a long walk a map becomes a familiar, trusted object, something to look at endlessly, without boredom.
I can look at the planned future and the completed past.
A map is a light.
A map could save my life.'
Richard Long |
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Category : archeology
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| 13 May 2008 08:40:15 pm |
| Proposed Glacial Valley Tour |
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Category : archeology
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| 13 May 2008 05:38:36 pm |
| White Van Economy |
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White van Flea market stall, Ballyshannon, Sunday Market, April 2008 |
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Category : culture
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| 06 May 2008 01:38:45 pm |
| ...perfection |
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Category : archeology
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