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Mapping the Void

THE WEIRD LIFE OF JERRY’S MAP

By Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg

Source: The Atlantic:

Before Sim City or FarmVille, there was Jerry’s map. In the 1960s, Jerry Gretzinger began drawing a fantastical, growing map of unbelievable scope. It began with just a doodle, but now it takes up almost 2,000 8” x 10” frames. Drawing from a randomized deck of playing cards and a complex system of rules, he paints and repaints frames so that the map evolves continuously over decades.  ( Continue Reading…..)