Category Archives: Berlin

In Walking and Mapping: Artists as Cartographers, Karen O’Rourke shares different methods of algorithmic walking within cities. The author outlines walking experiments that set rules for people who make their way through a particular location. The algorithmic walking is set up to guide people when walking in interesting destinations. The Walk by artist Wilfried HouContinue reading “Response to “Walking and Mapping: Artists as Cartographers” by Karen O’Rourke”

In An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris, Georges Perec gives insight into his view of the Parisian neighborhood of Saint-Sulpice. In his essay, he discusses the traditional mapping of the area. He admits that there are maps that already exist of streets, landmarks, and buildings. However, he seeks to map the everyday things:Continue reading “Response to “An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris” by Georges Perec”

In The Map As Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography, journalist Katherine Harmon displays a variety of cartography maps by artists. Typically, maps have a utilitarian function for navigation of an unknown location and can offer a variety of information about the physical attributes of the area. However with the advancements of technology, specifically, the GPSContinue reading “Response to “The Map As Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography””

In chapter four of “At Memory’s Edge” entitled “Memory, Countermemory, and the End of the Monument” by author James E. Young, Young discusses the memorials established to mark the country’s suffering during World War II, and specifically the Holocaust in Germany. Historically, memorials for war victims were usually a statue or tomb for a soldierContinue reading “Response to “At Memory’s Edge: Memory, Countermemory, and the End of the Monument” by James E. Young”

Italo Calvino begins his novel “Invisible Cities” by introducing the relationship between Kublai Khan, an actual Mongol empire, and Marco Polo, a historical Italian traveller. Between the years, 1271 to 1295, Marco Polo made his journey along the Silk Road through Asia, and became a confidant to Emperor Kublai Khan. This excerpt seems to beContinue reading “Response to “Invisible Cities” by Italo Calvino”

In “It has to go away, but at the same time it has to be kept: the Berlin Wall and the making of an urban icon” Joachim Schlör discusses the history of the Berlin Wall in Germany. Schlör describes the reasons for the construction of the wall, its impact on the Germans during the ColdContinue reading “Response to “It has to go away, but at the same time it has to be kept: the Berlin Wall and the making of an urban icon” by Joachim Schlör”

My prior training as an artist primarily followed a classical path. School studies incorporated a progression that included still-lives, figure studies, landscapes and self-portraits. Likewise, much of the Art History knowledge I possess is a result of the examination of painting and sculptures in my high school global history classes. As a student in Germany:Continue reading “Introducing Myself and my Interest for Berlin.”