We are happy to be residents at the mLAB at the Insitute of Geography in Bern. As part of the residency program un/certain calibrations, we are joining forces to explore new ways into a pluriverse of counter-cartographies together with mLAB and collectives, counter-cartographers and artists such as Nepthys Zwer & Philippe Rekacewicz (visionscarto), Gabriela Fenner (Geobrujas) and Miodrag Kuč (ZKU). This exploration is embedded in the ongoing project “This Is Not an Atlas” which beyond a book evolved into a transnational dialogue on counter-cartographies as well as a growing network of counter-mappers and a series of events.
One part of the residency will be a lecture and a workshop (mostly in german) in Bern on the 26th of October.
Explorations into the world of radical cartographies
Lecture by Nepthys Zwer & Philippe Rekacewicz
Tuesday, 26.10.2021, 12:15-13:45, Room 002, Department of Geography, Hallerstr. 12, Bern
and online https://unibe-ch.zoom.us/j/65818493290
“There are maps that say no. Radical maps that expose and protest. To understand these rebellious maps, how they work, their strengths and their possibilities, the lecture takes us on a journey of discovery into the heart of cartographic creation. Radical cartography spatialises economic and social data, consciously creates political maps that show inequalities, land grabs by resource corporations, the destruction of the environment by agribusiness, the pollution of the planet.”
The lecture will present the just published French language book “Cartographie radicale – Explorations“. Nepthys Zwer is a specialist in the work of Otto Neurath and the graphic information system Isotype. Philippe Rekacewicz is a renowned experimental cartographer, information designer and geographer. Both are members of the internet platform and mapping collective Visionscarto.net. Followed by discussion with kollektiv orangotango.
Mapping workshop on the collective design of (carto)graphic symbols.
kollektiv orangotango (Not an Atlas) & Nepthys Zwer (visionscarto)
Tuesday, 26.10.2021, 15:00-18:00 Room to be announced/not online.
Together we will approach the issues of critical and collective cartography through the design of icons and pictograms. The aim and purpose of the workshop is a better understanding of cartographic visual language and practical work on the design of icons. We will refer to the long tradition of critical as well as radical cartographies from the fields of art, science and activism, including the work of Otto Neurath or the Iconoclasistas.
– Registration via (limited number of places)
