Art on maps

I’ve always been a fan of On Kawara, the artist who meticulously registered every part of his life that can be registered. Every morning he sent a postcard to a friend with the time he got up, he filled up big books with a daily report of who he met that day, every day he painted a painting of the date, all very autistic. And he noted where he’d been by drawing lines on a map.

Another artist who used maps as an art form is Richard Long. Where On Kawara’s lines consist of random shapes, created by the functional route of that day, Richard Longs routes are carefully planned. When you plot these routes on a map they create an almost perfect circle.

I always wanted to walk or drive a project like this. But I never really had a good subject. On Kawara had his daily routine, Richard Long had his circles but I had dick. And there we have it, a new site where everybody is encouraged to send in their own GPS cocks. I hope to walk my first penis soon.