- 2000
- Blot (Gross Domestic Product by country)
- vinyl on wall surface
- W 500cm x H 175cm
- The size in which countries are represented in this map is based on the size of their 1995 Gross Domestic Product, articulating the comparative ‘visibility’ each country has based on this data.
- (Data source: CIA World Factbook)
World Map Project
As a representative system, a map must be fictional by definition. The ongoing World Map Project focuses on this fictionality highlighting particular ideological biases. The series of maps reveals some of the epistemological, and, at times, material substructures that are intrinsic to geographical information.
Some of the World Map Project works employ a mathematically-exact scaling of the world’s countries, which is based on specific statistics. These maps are developed through a process that treats nation states as isolated entities; they statistically grow or shrink independently of their geographic neighbours. Consequently, ‘editorial’ decisions are required in order to determine the arrangement and relative proximity of individual countries and continents, often producing unusual geographical configurations.