Things tagged 'cartography'
head slice
(not that I usually notice, but its nice that the rights to this image are explicitly released)
Tomography: ‘Tomo’ is derived for the Greek word for a slice. Hence, tomography is any form of imaging where three-dimensional objects can be visualised slice by slice. X-ray computed tomography, otherwise known as CT scanning, is the most commonly used form of tomography.
Last breath in Alaska
In this work by Pascual Sisto, a plastic bag obstructs the Google Maps Street View of Minnie Street in Fairbanks, Alaska. Discovered while researching Google Maps Street View, Sisto preserves this “found object” by redirecting it to its own url, lastbreathinalaska.com, as well as capturing it as a back-up video, in case Google decides to reshoot the location. Swirling on a constant panoramic loop, the movement of the camera gives the abstract image an almost 3D-like quality. The piece documents Google’s fraught attempt to supply an accurate representation of Minnie Street, and, as such, Sisto sees Last Breath in Alaska (Found Object) as a response to the purportedly omniscient eye of the Street View feature, and the issues of transparency and privacy it raises. – Ceci Moss
via Rhizome
