Maps & imagination
Although mapping is a method of gathering, ordering and recording knowledge, all maps are to some extent the produc…
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Map of Benjamin Brecknell Turner's photographs
Map of Benjamin Brecknell Turner's photographs indicating as closely as possible, the exact spot where Turner stood…
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Memory Maps: 'Elementary Maps', by Philip Terry
Inspired by the watery estuarine landscapes of East Anglia, Philip Terry wanted to record them in their specificity…
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Getting here
Information about travelling to the V&A by public transport, car, bicycle or on foot
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Contemporary writing about Essex
To Initiate the Memory Maps project a group of leading contemporary writers were asked to begin the process of writing about Essex. They have responded to different works and images in a range of media: drawings, watercolours, oil sketches and portraits, as well as embroideries and wall-paper, clothes, silverware and carvings. It is hoped that they will inspire you to start making your own memory maps.
Memory Maps: museums in Essex, Suffolk, Middlesex links
Links on Memory Maps
Memory Maps: 'The Edge of the Orison: In the Traces of John Clare's 'Journey Out of Essex'' by Iain Sinclair
Early on the morning of the 16th of July, 1837, Clare was led away from his wife and children, by two stern-looking men, who placed him in a small carriage and drove rapidly away southward. Late the same day, the poet found himself an inmate of Dr. Allen's private lunatic asylum, at Fair Mead House, High Beech, in the centre of Epping Forest.
Touring exhibitions map
Map showing the location of the V&A's touring exhibitions.
Memory Maps
Memory Maps is about people and their relationship with place. It is about objects that are associated with particular areas as well as prints and paintings of named locations. But most importantly it is about writing about place. The Memory Maps project is a collaboration between Marina Warner, Professor of Creative Writing and her department at the University of Essex and the V&A. For this reason we have started by focusing on Essex.
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U.K. and Ireland Scratch Map Poster - To Pre-order only, due May
This fun U.K. and Ireland Edition Scratch Map Scratch Map comes beautifully packaged in a printed card tube.
Buy nowEvent - From A to B: Artists' Books
Wed 06 June 2012 10:30
PRACTICAL WORKSHOP:
Wednesday 6 - Thursday 7 June, 10.30-16.30
Take a closer look at the V&A’s extraordinary collection of artists’ books before exploring contemporary approaches to book art.
