Exhibition Information

On the Map, Group Exhibition, 2008

Millennium Galleries, Sheffield, UK

In 1935 Phyllis Pearsall walked 3000 miles around London’s streets to design the London A-Z map. This remains one of the most ingenious examples of 20th Century mapping and one of the most common uses associated with the technique. On the Map, a new exhibition at Millennium Galleries, Sheffield, will examine, through craft and design, the concept of mapping, exploring what a map is, what can be mapped and how it can be used and manipulated. It challenges the perceptions of the conventional notion of mapping and demonstrates the extent to which it can be stretched and utilised. The exhibition will run from 19 January – 15 June 2008

On the Map will look at mapping as the creation of simple links or more complex networks of links through various techniques, from physical maps of geographical representations to more abstract responses by contemporary craft and design makers. It will explore the manipulation of conventional maps, non-geographical mapping and mapping in different formats. On the Map will demonstrate how different craft and design techniques can be applied to the process of mapping, illustrating diverse approaches to the subject.