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Jain Sycamore
Level 4: 378 points
Last Logged In: March 1st, 2010
TEAM: Wetdryvac.net BART Psychogeographical Association Rank 3: Cartographer EquivalenZ Rank 1: User The University of Aesthematics Rank 1: Expert Humanitarian Crisis Rank 1: Peacekeeper Biome Rank 1: Hiker




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Ethereal Cartography by Jain Sycamore, Wetdryvac

October 7th, 2009 9:23 PM

INSTRUCTIONS: Make a map of something that does not exist physically.

This map, it is a Gogilan map, for while those things people throw away are trash, and thus physical, their potential is purely in the realm of the imagined. A scavenger, browsing other people's trash the way a reader browses a library, gains not only perspective, but materiel.

Gogi: Garbage Out, Garbage In
Lan: The digital connectedness of ideation

Gogilan: You are here. Right now.

The vac says: "This map itself is entirely Gogilan, composed of paper someone threw away, paint someone else threw away, a series of hand gestures I though would work completely differently for another picture - and thus threw away. The gestures are cast off, the collection of data they describe purely in transition."

We adventure in Gogilan, all of us, all the time - pay attention, beware the Gorgons.

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Should you want to see the full size map, click the image below.

If you want to hang it on your wall, visit: Gogilan Map as a print.

- smaller

Gogilan Map

Gogilan Map

Signs of the Far Wood | Cliffs of Pandering Scraps | Port of Missing Substances | Recluse of Refuse | Flora Seamounts | Bay of Displaced Fauna | SF0 Finder's Haven | Swamp of Treasured Disbelief in Value | Point Opposing Salvation | Agape Sightings | Point Reclamation | Mountains of Deliberate Insurance Destruction | Plains of Sale Leftover Giveaways | The Second Hand Atolls | Peninsula of Bulk Construction Scrap And Surplus | Central Services Observation Area | Isle of Dis Organized Approach | Tributary of Fire and Water Damage | Isle of the Dead's Reclamation | Isle of Government Ignorance and Release | University Cast-Off Peninsula | Unknown | Freecycle Atoll | The Many Sea's Paths | Micro-nesia Small Things Forgotten | Graveyards of the Disused Public Buildings and | Terminated Industry | Deep Water Port for Shipping and Transportation of The Large and Cumbersome | Military Base of Surplus Items | Lake of Watery finds | Lake of Sewer or Lake of Damage Beyond Mending | Sea of the Accidental Discovery | Deprecated Data Wastes | Retro Port Guild Beverage Recycling | Bay of Funding Cut Improvisation | Grass Sea of Field Findings | World’s Edge in Rainy Weather | Isle of Unexpected Curbside Observations | Isthmus of Ablutions | Isle of Dumpsters Dived | Abounding Reneged Refuges | Grossly Organized Malfunctioning Interstines | Fenistrated Cliff Compound | Serenity Lading | McGuyver's Dunes | Stumbling Crossroads Across Terrain | Confluence After Treacle | The Craigslist Shoals and Bay of Expired Items



13 vote(s)



Terms

manwhat, treasure, trash, map, mapping, watercolor

11 comment(s)

(no subject)
posted by Camel O'Rama on October 7th, 2009 9:43 PM

well played...

(no subject)
posted by Wetdryvac on October 7th, 2009 9:55 PM

Thank-you.

Brilliant Idea
posted by Palindromedary on October 8th, 2009 12:01 AM

And its beautiful, and I love the place names. Thank you for causing this to exist, and for existing yourself.

(no subject)
posted by Wetdryvac on October 8th, 2009 1:17 AM

*grins*

Thank-you and thank-you. I have a weird thing for imaginary landscapes, so this was right up my alley. I love finding a task that fits my key fun-triggers.

(no subject)
posted by Ben [Sunshine] on October 8th, 2009 7:20 AM

This is fantastic! Brilliantly done. I love the concept, and I love the art of the map.

+Sunshine

(no subject)
posted by Ben [Sunshine] on October 8th, 2009 7:20 AM

This is fantastic! Brilliantly done. I love the concept, and I love the art of the map.

+Sunshine

(no subject)
posted by Wetdryvac on October 8th, 2009 9:32 PM

Many thanks.

(no subject)
posted by saille is planting praxis on October 8th, 2009 11:36 AM

gorgeous!

(no subject)
posted by Wetdryvac on October 8th, 2009 9:32 PM

Thank-you.

(no subject)
posted by Jennifer Gergely on February 16th, 2010 8:48 PM

I love the theme behind this map! And the map itself looks awesome!

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posted by Kate Saturday on August 19th, 2010 11:26 PM

props for applying principles of map to what it's made from. recursion props? thematic consistency props!