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Florian Pucher 弗洛里安．普克爾
LANDCARPET Hong Kong—Kowloon West Side 地貌地毯 香港──九龍西
2013
LANDCARPET is a series of area rugs depicting landscapes as seen from above. Developed by an architect and a graphic designer, the carpets reveal geographic patterns from different parts of the world. The designers’ process involves identifying and redrawing satellite imagery. They assign colours and heights to the images, which are then translated to different thicknesses of the tufted fabric, producing slight variations in depth, like a topographic relief map. The resulting aerial surveys, rendered in New Zealand wool, graphically communicate types of farming from around the world. Agricultural fields, waterways, and roads, appear as lines and abstract forms. Standing on a LANDCARPET, one experiences a shift in scale akin to a view from an airplane.
Cartography has emerged as an important subject and method for artists and designers in recent decades, due to its ability to represent issues of territory, borders, and human impact on the planet. By merging map making and floor covering, LANDCARPET playfully conveys information, such as the organisation of land or its relationship to water, in a manner that is accessible regardless of age or language. The carpets are made to order in limited editions. This one, featuring Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District—the site of M+—is unique, and is the first in the series to illustrate an urban condition.
Cartography has emerged as an important subject and method for artists and designers in recent decades, due to its ability to represent issues of territory, borders, and human impact on the planet. By merging map making and floor covering, LANDCARPET playfully conveys information, such as the organisation of land or its relationship to water, in a manner that is accessible regardless of age or language. The carpets are made to order in limited editions. This one, featuring Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District—the site of M+—is unique, and is the first in the series to illustrate an urban condition.
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