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Latitudes and Legends

Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport

Along the perimeter walls of a 20,000 square-foot space in the north end of the International Concourse (Gates E-33 - E-36), a series of ceramic sculptures encompass the world. Literally. Comprised of three distinct components, one of the installations reduces a view of the world while another enlarges tiny details found on various maps.

Lattitudes
Lattitudes (detail)

LATITUDES

Latitudes (above and left), an 86-foot-long ceramic tile installation, forms a narrow map of the world between the 30th and 35th parallels, roughly Georgia's north and south borders. Representing approximately 330 miles (north to south) and 22,000 miles (east to west), Atlanta appears twice, at either end of the map. Libya, Iran, Nepal, South Korea, and Mexico are some of the 27 countries found in between.

 


Lattitudinal Cities

LATITUDINAL CITIES

Adjacent to Latitudes is a collection of ceramic tablets depicting 18 major cities located along the same narrow band of the world. Entitled Latitudinal Cities the heavily textured maps include such urban centers as Jerusalem, Baghdad, Kabul, Shanghai, Kyoto, and Los Angeles.

Lattitudinal City: Mokpo, South Korea


Legends
Legends: Commerical Airport Symbol

LEGENDS

Located across the concourse, Legends is comprised of 64 sculptures derived from map symbols. Referencing national maps (India, Syria, China, United States, etc.) of various uses (aeronautical charts, ordinance surveys, etc), an assortment of symbols were extracted, enlarged, embellished and rendered three-dimensionally. By removing the symbols from their context, my intent was to shift the shapes from miniature, benign marks to totems and icons with ambiguous meanings. The symbols represent a range of natural and manmade structures found on maps including different types of roads, water features, aerial obstructions, and places of worship.


Birmingham Barns

Fulton County Fire Station # 18, Alpharetta, Georgia

Three miniature barn-like structures with open steel frames with ceramic tile roofs that include photo-based imagery and text relating to the history of the rural site. 

Birmingham Barns

Birmingham Barn (detail)