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This and That: Carolyn Sortor and Jens Eilstrup Rasmussen

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. See past “This and That” posts here. – Ed.

Today: Google Maps

An oversized digital print of the Google Maps pin designed by Jens Ellstrup Rasmussen is pasted flush against the wall, pointing to the floor.
Jens Ellstrup Rasmussen (Danish, born 1966), “Google Map Pin”, 2005, digital image file (Gift of Google, 2013), on view at MoMA.
An installation view of the interior hallway of Beefhaus in Dallas. Squares of sod are placed on the ground, and sticky note pads with the Google Maps pin printed on them are shuffled into a pile on top of the sod.
Carolyn Sortor, “Moving Time (2017),” installation with audio, 2,900 custom sticky notes, dying sod, and lamps
A long piece of paper with lettered Google Maps pins is laid out horizontally at eye level along adjacent gallery walls
Carolyn Sortor, “Location Markers JPEG (Ribbon),” 2015, digital inkjet print on paper, 240 x 13 inches
A long piece of paper with lettered Google Maps pins is laid out horizontally at eye level along adjacent gallery walls
Carolyn Sortor, “Location Markers JPEG (Ribbon),” 2015, digital inkjet print on paper, 240 x 13 inches

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No matter how original, innovative or crazy your idea, someone else is also working on that idea. Furthermore, they are using notation very similar to yours. – Bruce J. MacLennan

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