Friday, September 25, 2009

So What's With the Tiles?

Have you found a little "map tile" in downtown Grand Rapids? In 2003 I started printing 1/16 scale versions of Map panels and placing them in public places- ledges of buildings, gas pumps, supermarket shelves...... Kids began to collect them. To date over 6000 of these little guys have made their way into others' hands. Find yours now!

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  1. I found a small square of cardboard on a window ledge while walking through a construction zone in GR on the last day, of the first round for Art Prize. My friend and I looked on the back and saw a sticker that had the url to this blogspot on it. Since I figured I had a blogspot of my own, and I was curious as to what this piece of cardboard was, I decided to pocket the little map piece and look into it.

    This is one of the most interesting things I've ever read about. The map project that is. I'm glad I found this map tile.

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  2. Thanks so much, "pudding!"! It's great to hear from people who finf the "tiles", I guess I placed about 200 of them on ledges during ArtPrize. I have to go home to New York soon. So, there may not be any more tiles here for a while.

    But keep looking!

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