{"id":498,"date":"2017-05-23T23:12:31","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T06:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/2017mappingtheinvisible\/?p=498"},"modified":"2017-05-23T23:12:31","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T06:12:31","slug":"a-bias-for-whales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/2017mappingtheinvisible\/2017\/05\/23\/a-bias-for-whales\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bias for Whales"},"content":{"rendered":"

A local visual artist,\u00a0Natasha van Netten, \u00a0explores mapping from a whale’s perspective:<\/p>\n

My current drawings and paintings revolve around the largest, most illusive creatures alive\u2014whales. In the advancing field of Cetology (the study of whales) data is scarce and research is often speculative and hypothetical. My work translates this scientific information into a language of accumulated marks and brush strokes to give clinical data a visual meaning while exploring this mysterious space between known and unknown information.<\/em> (van Netten)<\/p>\n

In her series titled Cetacean: Chartwork <\/em>(samples below), she\u00a0inverts what is positive and what is negative between water and land forms. It makes me think of an interpretation of the Nolli map. One version can be occupied\u00a0by humans, and another by whales.<\/p>\n

To see more of her mapping work:
\nhttps:\/\/natashavannetten.com\/cetcean-chartwork\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nDominica: -61.339, 15.447<\/em>
\n22\u2033 x 28\u2033,<\/em>\u00a0India ink on embossed paper, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nBering Sea: -161.411\u00b0, 54.795\u00b0<\/em>
\n22\u2033x30\u2033, gouache on embossed paper, 2015<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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