ALIGHIERO BOETTI
Mappa, 1979
Embroidered fabric
146 x 192 cm
I have been struggling with how to represent the idea of security, whether it is good or bad, on my maps. I wanted to use stereotypical images of a country, but a complex collage would be way too big and bandwidth heavy for its flash implementation. Then I remembered that I had come across this artists work using the flags as the earth in the map. Previously I thought it was a bit boring and obvious, I realise now that I can appropriate this idea, use the flags but have them destroyed, decaying dependent on their level on the security heirarchy.
posted by lilipie at
10:57 AM
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Yes bandwidth is an issue with bitmap graphics. Also larger bitmaps can slow down animation. I find it's better to import PNGs because Flash runs JPG compression upon publishing. You don't want to compress an image twice. Also, importing a PNG of a custom graphic means that you can retain its layers and editability.
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about, at 9:24 AM
ALIGHIERO BOETTI - he was in the 1980s I think. Yes appropriation is OK as londg as the reference is made clearly somewhere. Like it.
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about, at 9:28 AM
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