Outsider Artist and Semi-fictional Mapmaker Shane Watt will be exhibiting new selected works in accociation with Geek Week 4.0 in Montpellier Vermont March 24th-30th at Langdon Street Cafe. Watt has been exhibiting his cartographic work over the past 2 years and producing commissions for the past 7 years. He has exhibited both in Canada and the United States and created project specific commissions as far afield as the UK and Greece.
Shane creates thematic maps featuring parts of actual cities, people , symbols and objects in order to create a story. “I hide secrets in the maps as well,” he tells us.
“The country exists (sort of) in a geographical location on planet earth. I basically changed history a bit – traveled back in time – and moved some things around. The location is secret. It’s encrypted in the maps. There are riddles and secrets in all of my maps. I never disclose the secrets – I want someone to figure it out.”
from Juxtapoz online
