Here Be Dragons: Mapping Information and Imagination October 21, 2011

October 21 - January 14, 2012, 12pm to 6pm Tuesday - Friday; Opening Reception: Friday Oct. 21, 7-9pm

Here Be Dragons: Mapping Information and Imagination.

A group exhibition featuring work by JD Beltran & Scott Minneman, Val Britton, Eric Fischer, Flora Kao, Wendy MacNaughton, Tucker Nichols, Jenny Odell, Matthew Picton and Lordy Rodriguez

Opening Reception: Friday Oct. 21, 7-9pm, FREE

Members VIP Reception: Friday Oct. 21, 6-7pm, RSVP [email protected]

Gallery & Community Hours: Tues - Sat, 12-6pm, FREE

Intersection for the Arts presents Here Be Dragons: Mapping Information and Imagination, a group exhibition that features artists who utilize the tools, language, and strategies of mapping to distill and interpret large quantities of information and data, while also imaginatively envisioning place through charting stories, history, emotion, and ideas.

Mapping is a fundamental part of how we relate to and make sense of our surroundings. More than just tools for getting from A to B, maps are selective records of the wider world, loaded with creative, and often subjective, meaning. Historically, both scientists and artists have created and used maps in innovative ways to visualize information and study the world from new perspectives, revealing patterns and phenomena otherwise unseen. The exhibition references the phrase "here be dragons" used in medieval times to denote unexplored territories, where mapmakers placed sea serpents and other mythological creatures in blank areas of maps. Like cartographers centuries ago, the artists in this exhibition map both the real and the imaginary. As Intersection continues to grow in its new location, this exhibition reinvigorates how we can see the world around us as well as providing insight to places unknown and unfamiliar.

Official Website: http://www.theintersection.org/calendar/index.php?op=view&id=4280