The concept behind this project is that all of my imaginary, procedurally drawn maps could have been drawn in different ways, and it’s only the choices that I made in the moment that give them the city characteristics that they have now.
The full conception is of a static artwork displayed with inset screens that can recombine parts of the map over time.
To fully realize this piece will also include further exploring the potential of algorithmically-drawn imaginary maps. The redrawn portions in these animations are currently drawn by hand (which is clear in the stop-motion GIF below; less obvious in the digital drawing that follows). However, if it were possible for computer code to complete my unfinished maps, the theoretical installation could recombine itself indefinitely.
What would it mean for my maps to be able to draw themselves?
