map art > The Armchair Traveller

Art in situ on the streets of Mexico City
Knitting a paper map of North America into an hemispherical globe-like form using 4 knitting needles that represent the four directions: north, south, east, west
Commenting on free trade and NAFTA
Cajas y Fronteras/ Boxes and Borders
La Torre de los Vientos, Mexico City, Mexico, exchange exhibit with Gallery 101, Ottawa

cartography, mapping, borders, recycling paper, 2d map to a 3d world, consumerism, free trade, Nafta, hand made
The Armchair Traveller
National Geographic Society paper maps, invisible thread, wood
24 x 20 x 18 cm
2000