[Nettime-bold] RE/MAP Kitakyushu Re-Mapping Project (for announcer)

[matthew fuller <matt@axia.demon.co.uk>]

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RE/MAP Kitakyushu Re-Mapping Project $B!! (B
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CONCEPT

This project aims to draw a contemporary 'map' or several 'maps' of
Kitakyushu through a series of workshop by using the latest digital
technology.
     What does it mean to draw a map today ?  The standard map we know
is a two dimensional trace of a aerial photograph. Not until recently,
however, did we recognize this kind of map as the 'standard' one. If you
have a chance to look at a map in the medieval age, you can see that the
map is drawn not from a rational and objective perspective of space in a
modern sense, but through much more sensorial recognition of space.
Although the map may be distorted, it is real and more practical.
 $B!!!! (B It is often said to be difficult to draw a map today.  This is
partly because the urban space we live in is no more merely a physical
existence due to the development of information technology and
globalization. Any points can connect any points in the world through
computer and mobile phone networks.
 $B!!!! (B As the city becomes more complicated, it is more difficult to
simulate the city in a single map. Even those who live in the same city
need different maps. For example, the psychological map that a primary
school boy uses in everyday life differs from his father's one. These
psychological maps may contain smell, sound and people they meet in the
street. You may draw different maps when you ride a bicycle or drive a
car, or need more maps depending on whether you walk in daytime or
nighttime.
    The project attempts to create a file of different maps by
recording, gathering and editing the cityscape through the medium of
video cameras, digital cameras and DAT. They are more personal and
multi-dimensional 'cognitive' maps. It is also an attempt to invent a
new 'navigation system' for the real everyday life in Kitakyushu.

PROJECT OUTLINE

The project is roughly divided into two parts.
PART 1
The first part of the project is to create maps through fieldwork in the
city by using video cameras, digital cameras and DAT. They will
eventually come out as a DVD package after they have been edited.
   This is initiated by artists in Kitakyushu, but also overseas
artists, postgraduate and overseas students in universities including
Kyushu University, The University of Kitakyushu, Kyushu Institute of
Design and those who live in Kitakyushu. More than twenty people are
expected to participate.

PART 2
The second part consists of workshops and symposiums that will
reconsider the idea of map theoretically and technologically.
   In the theoretical part, geographers, urban sociologists, artists,
architects, urban planners, social activists and navigation system
engineers will organize a series of workshops, in which anyone can take
part, discuss and exchange their ideas. Through these workshops, the
problem and merits of the city, Kitakyushu will be pointed out.
  Human Media Creation Center/Kyushu will support the project. The
participants can join in the DVD editing process at Human Media Creation
Center/Kyushu after the fieldwork if they desire. They can also learn
the basic skill of editing DVD.

Part of the work will be exhibited at Higashida IT Club in the Japan
EXPO 2001 Kitakyushu. The DVD software will be distributed among various
different media (televison stations, newspapers, journals), multimedia
institutions, museums and libraries around the world after the
exhibition.

SCHEDULE:
23 Sep 2001 (SUN)-30 Sep 2001 (SUN)
Symposiums  23 or/and 30 Sep
Workshops 23-30 Sep

VENUE:
Gallery Soap and Kitakyushu City
1-8-23Kajimachi,Kokurakita-ku,Kitakyushu,JAPAN
phone + fax 093-551-5522
e-mail: real@seafolk.ne.jp

Yoshitaka MORI (Kyushu University)
Keiichi MIYAGAWA (Artist, Gallery Soap)
Hidenobu MORI (Artist)

Hisao Sotoda (Artist)
Kazunori MIZUSHIMA (Osaka Sangyo University)
Chan-Ho KIM (Yonsei University, Korea)
federico baronello (Artist, Italy)
Masao YAHAGI (Architect)
Shigeru KUWAHARA (Architect)
Ren FUKUZUMI
Mizuki ENDO
Kaoru NISHITANI
Toshihiko ONO
Hyunsuk OH
Hiroshi HOSODA
Richard SVERRISSON



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