Mapping Macrocosms presents artists whose practices follow a keen interest in examining the systems and structures embedded within the defining notions of place and space. From the disciplines of architectonic design, painting and sculpture, each artist charts out and mediates pre-established notions of the experience of our lived environments, thereby presenting a new model for envisioning our world.

Tawatchai Puntusawasdi’s (Thailand) works take the 13th century travelogue, Book of the Marvels (also known as the Travels of Marco Polo) as a starting point to investigate how historical mapping had determined earlier conceptions of the world. The act of painting and the process of mapping intersect in Ng Joon Kiat’s (Singapore) works, providing us a broader scope, as well as an alternative visual language to perceive the geographies of urban landscapes. Philip Beesley (Canada) draws upon his research of interactive technologies that have the potential to reshape the future of living environment through combining artificial intelligence and nature.

Artists:
Tawatchai Puntusawasdi, Ng Joon Kiat, Philip Beesley