London calling: "Mapping the City" at the Somerset House

 I'm soon going toward Bristol from London via Somerset... What's more natural than stopping at the Somerset House ;)?

Mapping the City

22 January – 15 February 2015

Daily 10.00-18.00 (last entry 17.30)

Enter via the River Terrace

Free admission

Somerset House Trust - Strand London WC2R 1LA 

More infos:

Somerset House, in association with collaborative arts organisation A(by)P, present Mapping the City, an innovative exhibition of works by established and emerging artists from the street and graffiti art scenes. To complement the exhibition, Somerset House and A(by)P are hosting a diverse series of events, including a series of film and music evenings, artists talks, performances and interactive workshops, all inspiring visitors to re-evaluate their own relationship to the cities in which they live.

The exhibition features works by over 50 internationally recognised artists such as Shepard Fairey, Swoon and Aryz, alongside rising stars from Australia to Argentina, Sweden to Spain and France to Finland.

Graffiti and street artists have an intimate relationship with the cities that they use as a canvas. They understand and engage with the urban landscape in unique ways – through subjective surveying rather than objective ordinance. Mapping the City will present a series of cartographic representations of the artists’ chosen cities. Ranging from literal to highly abstract, each map will be an individual response to the way these artists experience and interpret the places that they know so well. 

The artists selected by A(by)P to take part in the exhibition use a wide variety of media in their practice, from digital technology to illustration, paintings to sculpture, and video presentations to performances. Over 40 of the works were specially commissioned by A(by)P, with artists using their individual aesthetic to share their knowledge of each city’s secrets and challenge visitors to look at their own urban environments in a new light.

Mapping the City follows the success of the exhibition Futurismo Ancestral: An Offering to Peru by Sixe Paredes presented in the lower levels of Somerset House in May 2014.

All the artworks presented during Mapping the City are available for sale through A(by)P.

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More: 

http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/visual-arts/mapping-the-city?utm_source=Somerset+House&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5298033_Feb2015+WO&utm_content=MappingTheCity&dm_i=65V,35JZL,IRQ8OA,BAVS9,1

EVENTS hosted by UCL Anthropology

MAPPING THE CITY Presents: Mapping Through Discourse

Wednesday, 04 February 2015, 19.00-21.00

Free, advance booking required

An evening of talks by academics all working in diverse fields on the topic of mapping. Speakers include a neuroscientist, a geographer, and an expert in participatory mapping, all of whom have the subject at the core of their research.
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MAPPING THE CITY Presents: Mapping Through Making

Saturday, 07 February 2015, 12.00-15.00

Free, Drop-In South Wing

Join Maggie Li, illustrator and author of Big City Explorer to fill the room with marvellous 3D map making! Explore some of the most vibrant cities in the world in response to the Mapping The City exhibition and Maggie’s most recent publication. For families with accompanied children age 6-12 years.

MAPPING THE CITY Presents: Mapping Through Film: An Evening with Marc Isaacs

Thursday, 12 February 2015, 19.00-21.00

Free, advance booking required

A screening of Lift and The Road by award winning filmmaker Marc Isaacs, followed by a live Q&A with the director.
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