Talk
WHEN
March 30, 2014
6:30-8 PM
WHERE
Intercontinental Hotel Auditorium, Abu Dhabi
WHO
NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
Open to the Public
Location Services are ON! In the digital age of hyper-locatability through digital maps, what kinds of places and things might still remain lost? This talk looks to the optical phenomenon of the mirage—a strange and elusive "nowhere"—to explore the broad concepts of location and locatability. The mirage’s visual and cultural history is investigated through a wide array of materials: medieval maps and legends of paradise, early 20th-century Arctic exploration, and photographs and video works. The discussion takes a long view of the mirage—an illusion that prompts an irrational experience of time and space—to help us imagine how to work and play with current digital mapping technologies.
Image: © Marget Long
Simultaneous Arabic translation will be provided.
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