Humap Scotiabank Nuit Blanche
 

Humap, 2009
Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Toronto
Saturday, October 3, 2009
King and Simcoe

A large map of the Southern Ontario topography around Toronto will lay out across the sidewalk of Simcoe and King Street. The map is a hand drawn, accurate representation in graphite and acrylic, which is sourced from satellite imagery and airplane travel. The audience and unsuspecting pedestrians will experience the map by walking on it, looking down from a bird’s eye perspective.

By walking on the map they are also actively participating in making a new map by the shuffling of their feet. The graphite will move about the map with the transfer and smearing from walking. The route most often taken will eventually disperse the graphite and haze the original hand drawn map, documenting the crowd’s trail. The documentation may reveal the heard like qualities of ourselves, that will be continually transforming throughout the evening.