Carmen Banana – a cyber identity
Cooking with Carmen was a body of work from my multimedia project titled Big Banana Time Inc. Carmen Banana was one of the faces of Big Banana Time Inc. Carmen made her official… Continue reading
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Big Banana Time Inc. (1995-2000)
Overview Big Banana time Inc. was the umbrella title for a series of works that explored a range of themes, including national identity, cultural difference, consumerism, kitsch and the tourism industry. This project… Continue reading
Museum of the future “Welcome to Oz” – archived project 1997
The ‘Museum of the future’ was an investigation into collecting culture. The initial presentation comprised of a collection of exhibits celebrating the wonders of Oz and an audio tour. It was first presented… Continue reading
Map Generalisation
When depicting information on a map the cartographer has to make choices on how to display the sometimes complex and very dense information without losing the flavour and meaning of what they is… Continue reading
The day of the elephants in Ibrahimpaşa
Our friends, artists Sonja van Kerkhoff and Sen McGlinn came and visited us in IIbrahimpaşa for a couple of days. We met Sonja and Sen In Istanbul at ISEA2011. Sonja and I met… Continue reading
The Cartographic Conundrum
As a cartographer with an extensive background in topographic mapping I have been trained to produce maps as accurately as I possibly can, but of course a map is only an interpretation and… Continue reading
Kilim symbology
The Turkish carpets (kilims) provide a rich source of symbolism into the life of the region as well as personal information about the woman (men do not make these carpets) who made the… Continue reading