Digital mark-making with satellite navigation technology
The [Gallery] contains GPS drawings created over land, on water, and in the air along with GPS maps and experiments. There are also contributions from around the world. GPS tracks have been sent from pilots, skydivers, skiers, hikers, cyclists, joggers, and whale hunters.
The [Projects] contain specialized ventures that merit specific attention such as animations, documentation of exhibitions, GPS mapping, computer and cardboard models, and workshops conducted in galleries, museums, and in schools.
Writing over the
Earth
Jeremy Wood
The work is located in the actions and methodologies of drawing. GPS drawings are exhibited as printed editions and sculptures as part of ongoing research into writing over the earth and drawing with ourselves as we move.
The raw GPS data is the material used for digital and physical representation. The drawing takes place as and when one is being recorded by the GPS. We draw with ourselves as we move and map our experiences along the way. Much like the compass, theodolite and sextant before it, it is being used to identify new aspects of our journeys. The project considers our travels, from the trivial and the routine, via the special and the ordeal. The ways in which we approach and treat our travels can reveal a great deal about us. The qualities of our tracks, like the traces drawn by a pen, can be determined by our movements and expressions.
The idea of using GPS as a tool to draw with grew from recording a holding-pattern of a commercial airline flight from Berlin to London in October 2000. It has since been developed into a personal cartography that incorporates the recording of all my travels as a digital trails.
Six Spirals in a field
Amongst the documentation and representations on the site are contributions
and collaborative material. The work and enthusiasm of the software developers
has been instrumental in the unique representation of the drawings. As
the visual mechanic of the project Hugh Pryor developed GPSograph software for 3D representation and animation of GPS tracks.
Single Line Still
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Hollywood Tic-tac-toe