“Draw a map to get lost” wrote the conceptual artist Yoko Ono in one of her instructions. An apparent contradiction, as maps are there to help us find our way in the world. We trust that they depict realities, take us by the hand and provide orientation. Lose yourself in them? Not intended. If we do get lost on Google Maps or are no longer even visible as blue dots due to a lack of reception, nervousness sets in. No orientation without positioning. Or maybe there is? What if positioning is not so much about a specific place, but a feeling?
The exhibition features various artists and projects that explore our perception of the world, the claim to truth in maps, and what they fail to depict, even in their utmost accuracy. They all question how we perceive the world in its form, how we position ourselves in it and how our existence and actions change not only our view of the map, but also the map itself.
WHERE Musée Visionnaire, Predigerplatz 10, 8001 Zürich OPENING Tuesday, April 1, 2025, from 6 PM DURATION April 2 – October 12, 2025 MOREInfo here
2 April 2025 – 12 October 2025
“Draw a map to get lost” wrote the conceptual artist Yoko Ono in one of her instructions. An apparent contradiction, as maps are there to help us find our way in the world. We trust that they depict realities, take us by the hand and provide orientation. Lose yourself in them? Not intended. If we do get lost on Google Maps or are no longer even visible as blue dots due to a lack of reception, nervousness sets in. No orientation without positioning. Or maybe there is? What if positioning is not so much about a specific place, but a feeling?
The exhibition features various artists and projects that explore our perception of the world, the claim to truth in maps, and what they fail to depict, even in their utmost accuracy. They all question how we perceive the world in its form, how we position ourselves in it and how our existence and actions change not only our view of the map, but also the map itself.
WHERE Musée Visionnaire, Predigerplatz 10, 8001 Zürich
OPENING Tuesday, April 1, 2025, from 6 PM
DURATION April 2 – October 12, 2025
MORE Info here