Drawing Like a State Maps, Modernity, and Warfare in Gert Jan Kocken’s Depictions
For all their aesthetic fascination, maps are instruments. They figure ulterior realities to facilitate work in and on them. Much of this work has been the molding of the world by modern states, according to projected visions of what an inspired or rational society should look like.¹ That is the mes...
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| Published in | Mapping Beyond Measure p. 105 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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UNP - Nebraska
01.12.2019
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| Summary: | For all their aesthetic fascination, maps are instruments. They figure ulterior realities to facilitate work in and on them. Much of this work has been the molding of the world by modern states, according to projected visions of what an inspired or rational society should look like.¹ That is the message articulated in a series of map-based artworks by the Dutch artist Gert Jan Kocken (b. 1971). Produced between 2011 and the present, the works are titled Depictions of Amsterdam, 1940–19 45; Berlin, 1933–1945; Rome, 1922–1945; Rotterdam, 1940–1945; Munich, 1933–1945; and Battle of Berlin, 1945. |
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| ISBN: | 1496212118 9781496212115 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/j.ctvrnfr46.8 |