Also featuring work by contemporary artists Leo Fitzmaurice, Lucy Gibson and Nichola Pemberton
5th July - 8th September 2007 at PSL [Project Space Leeds], Whitehall Waterfront, 2 Riverside Way, Leeds, LS1 4EH open Wednesday - Saturday 12-5pm
Since 2003 John Thorp has been working on a project to explore and represent the many dimensions of Leeds as a rapidly changing city. His challenge has been not only to discover the nature of 21st Century Leeds, but also to find a way to represent the enormous complexity of its 800 year history. The result is an ongoing series of drawings which translate this complex information into visually engaging drawings that differ radically from those traditionally produced by architects. Colourful, energetic, immediate and sometimes on a staggering scale, these map/drawings convey the image of the city as a living organism.
Building on the ideas and processes of John Thorp�s project, The Mapping Project invites active engagement and collaboration. It is an interactive platform for discussion between official civic planning and informal grass-roots experiences, as lived by artists and audiences. John Thorp and his team will be using the PSL space as a studio throughout the exhibition, and a number of workshops and seminars will explore mapping, drawing and civic design.
Artists Leo Fitzmaurice, Lucy Gibson and Nicola Pemberton present their own projects in parallel and will also be engaged in discussion and collaboration with John to look at the role of artists within city planning and the development of the visual arts sector in Leeds.
PSL [Project Space Leeds] is a new, independent contemporary art space in Leeds� city centre developed by Pippa Hale, Kerry Harker and Diane Howse in partnership with K W Linfoot Plc.