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"Blue Mosque / Istanbul Türkiye" will be exhibited at the Bridges 2024 Exhibition of Mathematical Art, Craft, and Design at the Bridges 2024 Conference for Mathematical Connections in Art. Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond Virginia. August 1-5, 2024.

"Metamagical Maps of Meaning" will be exhibited at the gallery of Lowe Mill in Huntsville AL, May 29 - July 27, 2024.

"Elephant / Kigali Rwanda" was exhibited at the Mathematical Art Gallery, 2023 Joint Mathematics Meeting. Boston MA, February 2023.

Blue Mosque / Istanbul silvan art sylvan art silvanart sylvanart

Blue Mosque / Istanbul, Türkiye

Taj Mahal / Agra, India silvan art sylvan art silvanart sylvanart silvan maps sylvan maps silvanmaps sylvanmaps

Taj Mahal / Agra, India

Eiffel Tower / Paris, France silvan art sylvan art silvanart sylvanart silvan maps sylvan maps silvanmaps sylvanmaps

Eiffel Tower / Paris, France

Elephant / Kigali silvan art sylvan art silvanart sylvanart silvan maps sylvan maps silvanmaps sylvanmaps

Elephant / Kigali, Rwanda

Pyramids of Gizo / Cairo silvan art sylvan art silvanart sylvanart silvan maps sylvan maps silvanmaps sylvanmaps

Pyramids of Giza / Cairo, Egypt

Van Gogh / Albuquerque, New Mexico sylvan art silvanart sylvanart silvan maps sylvan maps silvanmaps sylvanmaps

Van Gogh / Albuquerque, New Mexico




Metamagical Maps of Meaning

  2020-2022

The work reinterprets the tradition of cartography to reflect the geometry of human existence - unique patterns and textures emerge that are deeply tied to the continuous built environment of a place, to the history of a people and the complex intertwining of urban development, destruction and renewal over many years. Each piece draws from local cartography to represent the unique spirit of a place. The textural fabric of Paris is reflected in the Eiffel Tower; the Great Pyramids emerge from the chaos of Cairo in a mirror of our own making.

material: each artwork is formed from a single continuous piece of laser-cut wood

Acknowledgements


Created in part with data freely available from OpenStreetMap contributors under the Open Database License; all cartographic designs are original.


Specific Credits

Eiffel Tower, Gustave Eiffel, built 1887-1889
Pyramids of Giza, built c. 2570 BC
The Taj Mahal, Ustad Ahmad Lahauri, built 1631-1653
“Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat”, Vincent Van Gogh, 1887-88
Sultan Ahmed Mosque (aka "The Blue Mosque"), Sedefkâr Mehmed Agha, built 1609-1617


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