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Friday Favorite: Nobutaka Aozaki

6/13/2014

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This Friday’s featured artist is Nobutaka Aozaki and his ongoing project From Here to There: a map of Manhattan composed of hand-drawn maps by various New York pedestrians whom the artist asked for directions.
From Here to There by Nobutaka Aozaki
“Most people just pull out their smartphone and try to show me a map.
When this happens I tell them I’ll forgot so please draw me directions!” says Aozaki.
He insists on leaving with a drawn map on whatever written surface is available:
torn sheets of notebook paper, napkins, or even paper plates. 

His goal is not to make a complete map, but to document his daily routine and interactions with people,
sort of like a mapped diary.
From Here to There by Nobutaka Aozaki
Pretending to be a tourist by wearing a souvenir cap and carrying a shopping bag of Century 21, a major tourist shopping place, I ask various New York pedestrians to draw a map to direct me to another location. I connect and place these small maps based on actual geography in order to make them function as parts of a larger map. 
From Here to There by Nobutaka Aozaki
From Here to There by Nobutaka Aozaki
From Here to There by Nobutaka Aozaki
Learn more about Nobutaka Aozaki and his art at his website here!

TGIF!

Mary
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