Drawing on Oxford
This exhibition brought together work made locally by Jeremy Wood and Hugh Pryor
and displayed the results from a GPS drawing workshop held at the museum in October 2003.

Prints displayed in the Education Room

GPS Drawing at the Museum of Oxford

The workshop involved a group of primary and a group of secondary school students
visiting the museum to draw some of the objects using GPS satellite navigation technology.
Artefacts were selected from the permanent display for their significance to the local area.
After choosing what to draw, the participants used the space available within the grounds of
Christchurch to walk around the outline of the shapes. The handheld GPS receivers they
used automatically recorded their tracks. The final drawings on display here were originally
the size of a football pitch. The events of the day gave local children an opportunity to
explore some of the objects from the museums permanent display by creating big drawings
of them in a nearby open space.

New Hinksey CE Primary, Oxford:
Debra, Kit, Louis, William, Bill, Yage, Emily, Henry, Harmony, Mrs Draper and Mr Clark

The Oxford School Year 9:
Ashley, Carl, Rebecca, Suzanna, Sarita, Sadiya and Mrs. Foster

GPS Drawing on Oxford was part of Oxfordshire County Council's Cultural Entitlement initiative, which promotes access to and participation in cultural opportunities for young people. The project has enabled the participants to use literally billions of dollars worth of space technology for creative purposes.