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From Cartography to Digital Mapping: Do you know the truth?

From Cartography to Digital Mapping: Do you know the truth?

An online exhibition called ‘Bending Reality’ reflects on how the history of persuasive cartography is relevant for a contemporary society consumed by an overabundance of visual data that doesn’t always show what it claims to
By on 09/27/20 Comments Off on From Cartography to Digital Mapping: Do you know the truth?

Jeff Ubois and Wishful Thinking: Thoughts on Cultural Institutions and Archival

Jeff Ubois, of archival.tv, gave the last talk of the Economies of Commons 2 conference at De Balie, Amsterdam and presented his...
By Catalina Iorga on 11/14/10 Comments Off on Jeff Ubois and Wishful Thinking: Thoughts on Cultural Institutions and Archival
Book Review: “BOM” by Rik Van de Walle

Book Review: “BOM” by Rik Van de Walle

Endless rows of audio recordings, video tapes and all kinds of other audio-visual information can be found in archives all over the world. According to UNESCO there is over 200 million hours of audio-visual material on our planet, the...
By Bob Nefkens on 09/21/10 Comments Off on Book Review: “BOM” by Rik Van de Walle