The many ways that maps and visual data have been used for centuries to manipulate information and truth come under scrutiny in BENDING LINES: Maps and Data from Distortion to Deception, a new initiative of the Norman B. Leventhal Map and Education Center at the Boston Public Library that opens with an immersive, "digital first" exhibition on May 27.
Viewers are invited to explore the online show and join in to Angles on Bending Lines: Curator Conversations, a series of interactive events hosted by Leventhal Center’s Curator of Maps and Director of Geographic Scholarship Garrett Dash Nelson, and featuring guests who give context to the exhibition's themes and content.
The final talk in this series will air on Wednesday, June 17 at 1 pm with “What You See Is What You Get - Or Is It?” Curator Garrett Dash Nelson leads a lively discussion with map collector and researcher PJ Mode, whose love for old and unusual maps of the world led to a fascination with unconventional maps whose purpose is not fact-based, but more persuasive.