Kasper Andreasen. Draw a Map

“Let there be a path, let there be a future, with nothing that would allow the passage from one to the other, such that the line of demarcation would unmark them the more, the more it remains invisible: hope of a past, completed of a future.” (Maurice Blanchot in The step not beyond.)

Kasper Andreasen is fascinated by cartography. He has researched how a drawn line can represent a space on a map, in relation to the use of language. Theoretical and practical research has shown that each spatial representation is a subjective document, a personal interpretation of a specific location at a given time. Cartography does not merely map the physical space. It is also a way to visualise mental space and the experience of places. This conclusion is one of the points of departure of Andreasen’s work on paper. Thus, he has made a map of London, on which only the street names, here and there made visible in words, remind one of a traditional map. The lines which normally indicate streets have been left out consistently, or more precisely, they have been replaced by a different kind of line: a drawing of an architectural environment in Alexandra Palace, London. 'Today’s escape route' shows how the boundaries of the line can generate new images, thoughts and ideas – the mapmaker as author of space.

The opening of the exhibition Draw a map will take place on Wednesday 19 June at 18:30 hours. Draw a map can be seen until Friday 15 July in the gallery space and the library of the Jan van Eyck Academie, on work days from 9.00 to 17.00 hours (Mondays from 12.00 hours).

Kasper Andreasen
Draw a Map