--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 13:37:38 -0800 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: map display: sandyeggo cube farm map exhibit Sender: [log in to unmask] thought i'd throw this idea out for general map library application. anyone ever tried something along these lines? Larry Cruse UCSD [log in to unmask] ********************************* make a Dilbert "cube farm" using standard office cubicle hardware. each panel would be a base map and support four other maps that could be centered on the panel and slide one panel width left and/or right. each panel would always be displaying some map and it's left/right open space could also display them in different front/back combinations amongst its own group and/or any overlapping from the next panel into the same clearspace. depending on the layout, each map moved for viewing would alter the exhibit into a maze/labyrinth of varying paths (for fundamentals of design, concepts, history and currently popular (non-gps) spiritual navigation, look on the Web <http://www.google.com/search?q=labyrinth>). doorways would be opened/closed each time someone moved/overlaped two maps for viewing. the cubicle panel frames can be layed out to accomodate each different site, but basically, every other panel space would be empty, a doorway through the maze. stability would derive from the basic cube structure, with the hardware offering mutual support. each panel could hold five or six maps, two on each side and a base map underneath them fixed to the cube panel; each map could slide to the clear space/opening they share with the next map panel. maps from each panel move into these shared clear spaces left and/or right, so they can overlap. the basic cubeicle layout for walkthrough will dictate which way each map can slide (make some cubicles closable like Dilbert did, to enhance the sense of claustrophobia?). for more on the history, significance and design alternatives of mazes, look up "labyrinths" as a subject in the Roger catalog http://roger.ucsd.edu/ materials for building the cube farm maze can be begged or borrowed from someone who sells and/or recycles office cubicles. try the campus surplus sales office/yard in Sorrento Valley (see below), or the yellow pages, or just "borrow" a few "offices" from the libraries where the exhibit will play (trifecta!). money: see if the Stuart Collection administrator can help out finacially and if you can display at Mandaville Gallery. the personal and collective metaphors of this map exhibit should be pretty obvious, making physical connections to how we treat ourselves at the micro (1:1) and macro (1:1,000,000) levels, but also demonstrating in a literal way that each preference and/or "choice" we make affects the path of someone else, as well as affecting our remaing alternatives, and perspective on where we've been <http://www.worldofescher.com/gallery/ > especially <http://www.worldofescher.com/gallery/Relativity.html to add to the learning experience, you might throw in some history and principles of labyrinths, how to construct them and how to navigate through them--also as metaphors for planning paradise. planning aphorisms/quotes might spice up the panels under the maps (as an incentive to move them?). repros of Escher's "Ascending/Descending," homage to Time Mag's 'Man of the Century,' "Relativity" and consideration of our own pathetic plight, "Waterfall." quotes from Invisible Cities might be good under the maps, where they reward those who move the maps around <http://www.forum2.org/tal/books/invis.html> and <http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/cal.html#essays> all these libraries will have networked computers so people who have viewed the exhibit might want some URL's to look up <http://www.worldofescher.com/gallery/ > especially <http://www.worldofescher.com/gallery/Relativity.html including the basic sandy eggo map pages (sangis, police, neighborhoods, sandag, usgs, tijuana river, et al.)----just give them the key words to look for on Google and turn them loose. Larry ********************************* TO BUY SURPLUS ITEMS The campus Surplus Sales Store is a means of disposing of excess university property. Sales are handled on a monthly bid cycle. Every Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. customers may submit bids on equipment displayed in the store. The last Thursday of the month, bids are opened and successful bidders are notified. New stock is displayed each month. Items to be sold include typewriters, calculators, trucksters, voltmeters, chairs, oscilloscopes, miscellaneous electronics and more. The store also handles excess equipment which is eligible for transfer/sale to other campus departments. TO SELL SURPLUS ITEMS To submit items to be sold at Surplus Sales you may fill out an Equipment Inventory Modification Request form (#2032), or submit an electonically EIMR. To electronically submit an EIMR, visit EAMS web page and then call Surplus Sales at x42844 to pick items up. When an item is sold at Surplus Sales a statement will be sent indicating the dollar amount that will appear as a credit on departmental general ledgers. Back to the "Material Support Services" Home Page po and i, especially po, have gone around and around with ideas for framing our maps.... each idea has increased complexity. and its wearing away at us. larry our map librarian talked around hinged closet and garage doors.... shower doors. here's an idea larry came up with, to add to the list. Though minimal building materials required, stability is of utmost importance. and this image definitely lacks it. po has been working with a carpenter who is designing the sliding shoji door idea and working out a grocery list of materials. and we have had many other suggestions which increase in complexity and cost. and we are running out of time. we would appreciate ANY comments you have or suggestions. please help. rose xxoxoxoxoooxoxxxxxooxoxoxoooxxoxxoxoxxoooxxoxoxoxxoxxoxoxooxxoxxoxxoxxoxoxxoxox --- End Forwarded Message ---