A Synesthete's Atlas: Real Time Cartography in Performance
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Keywords: OpenStreetMap, OpenMapTiles, performance, open source, open data, music, spoken word, improvisation
Abstract Type: Paper Abstract
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Since April 2022 I've been manipulating projected digital maps in collaboration with improvising musicians across Europe and North America. Constraining my project to use only web mapping technologies, "A Synesthete's Atlas" is a curious mutation of expanded cinema, applying strategies from experimental film & animation, color theory, the Light and Space movement, and concrete poetry to geography.
In essence: I'm a "map jockey".
I'll present Carto-OSC, an assemblage of open source libraries, data, and protocols, plus 1000+ lines of JavaScript that integrates it all into a touch-surface interface. I'll discuss my motivations and use of the OSC protocol to control the manipulations, offer aesthetic observations, and present video excerpts of previous performances, some of which will take place between Pueblo and Ft. Collins in the days prior to the Annual Meeting.
A Synesthete's Atlas: Real Time Cartography in Performance
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