-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Fw: Europe map joke Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:45:11 -0600 (CST) From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] The following link is to a report on NPR's "Day to Day" (1/21/09) about the "map art piece": http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99654937 There is an audio link and some text . The segment is titleed: Insulting European Art Show Was A Hoax Jim Walsh On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Maps-L Moderator wrote: > -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Fw: Europe map joke Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:43:35 +0100 From: Jan Smits <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> To: <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> References: A<[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Though the art piece was unveiled only on 15 January 2009 there appeared already a very critical article on Wikipedia <_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropa_ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropa>>. Fortunately freedom of expression is also an issue this side of the ocean, and though peoples and governments feel sometimes a bit disturbed, to say the least, it still hangs. This cartifact at 2,760 sq ft is a bit too large to acquire, but I'll include it in my "A phenomenology of cartifacts" <_http://persons.kb.nl/jsmits/cartifact/intro.html_ <http://persons.kb.nl/jsmits/cartifact/intro.html>> under the paragraph with the Gorilla cartoons and the "Sad Globe". Jan Smits Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of The Netherlands -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum _[mailto:[log in to unmask]]_ <mailto:%5Bmailto:[log in to unmask]> <mailto:%5Bmailto:[log in to unmask]> Namens Maps-L Moderator Verzonden: donderdag 22 januari 2009 15:11 Aan: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Onderwerp: Fw: Europe map joke -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fw: Europe map joke Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:24:38 -0500 From: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> see below for a bit of rude, crude European map art. or map art hoax. A true cartifact. Hey, if I didn't share this someone else would... ----- Forwarded by ahudson/MHT/Nypl on 01/21/2009 06:19 PM ----- Europe map joke ahudson to: ahudson 01/21/2009 06:21 PM _http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2009/jan/14/entropa-eu-ar_ <http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2009/jan/14/entropa-eu-ar> t-hoax?picture=341741453 Alice C. Hudson Chief, The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal Map Division The Humanities and Social Sciences Library The New York Public Library 5th Avenue & 42nd Street, Room 117 New York, NY 10018-2788 [log in to unmask],_ <mailto:[log in to unmask]> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> 212-930-0589, fax 212-930-0027 Hours: 1-7:30 Tu & Wed, 1-6 Thurs-Sat. Closed Sun, Mon. _http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html_ <http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html>