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The Readers of the Lost Art

Submitted by Ronan on Tue, 2007-02-06 13:21.

The Readers of the Lost Art are a group of oddballs and misfits who are drawn to Newcastle's Literary and Philosophical Society every fortnight by a common love of comic books (or 'graphic novels', for those with delusions of maturity). When asked whether we would be interested in Mapping the Necklace, our thoughts turned for inspiration to those comic books with a strong sense of location.

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Let's go disorienteering...

Submitted by jennasingleton on Thu, 2007-03-15 14:53.

- Can a map disorientate you?

- What is it to be lost in a place?

- How can the very familiar become disorientating when looked at in a new way?

- How can we reveal the ‘hidden layer’ of potential meanings locked up in space?

- How can some of the more secretive activities that go on in a park be celebrated?

- We orient ourselves using very familiar tried and tested reference points – what if we change these?

- Can we create a map that confuses, excites or even disturbs someone’s experience of the park?

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