Jerry talks about how to become a collector and supporter of the map
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- Jerry Gretzinger
- Jerry's Map In the summer of 1963 I began drawing a map of an imaginary city. The work started as a doodle done in the spare time I had while working at a tedious job. I continued to add to that map through the years until, in 1983, I set it aside to put my free time to other use. The Map was stored in the attic of our home in Cold Spring, New York. It gathered dust. My son, Henry, found it one day while rummaging around. He brought it down to me and asked what it was. Seeing it then triggered me to dust it off and continue the project. It now comprises almost 3100 individual eight by ten inch panels. Its execution, in acrylic, marker, colored pencil, ink, collage, and inkjet print on heavy paper, is dictated by the interplay between an elaborate set of rules and randomly generated instructions.
I think a good way for people to support the map is if you had a printing company help you. You could have them print copies of panels for you to sell on E-bay. I think the best part about this is that people will be able to more easily collect panels in a specific area of the map, like if they buy there first panel at, oh let's say, N5/W2, then they don 't have to wait for an extended period of time for a copy of panel N6/W2 to become available. It could also support you financially. I know there are problems with my idea, such as taking power away from the cards, maybe becoming too business-like, or possibly the company putting a quota on you for new panels. If that doesn't become a problem for you, then I think it would be good idea!
ReplyDeleteI really appreciate your input, Dylan. Thanks!
DeleteI, too, have a lot of ideas but so little time or money for making them real. I will, however, post many more already made prints on Ebay so that contiguous ones are more likely to be available.