stitched GPS tracks
Stitched GPS tracks, 25 pieces for September 2007, 7” each,
The information is captured with a handheld GPS, uploaded to a Mac and translated with MacGPSPro software into graphic images. Then tracks are then refined in Photoshop and the translated into software used by sewing machines and stitched by a computerized sewing machine.
In all cases the technology does the physical 'making', but the body is still active and engaged in the process, performing crucial tasks like stretching fabrics, choosing thread colours, driving a car or riding a bicycle and working with the various software programs and computer interfaces. I, the human no longer act only with my body or hands, but also through various electronic appendages, or more like a cyborg....
For more on the history on GPS/Satellite technology: see “THE REMOTE SENSING TUTORIAL” written by Dr. Nicholas S M. Short
The information is captured with a handheld GPS, uploaded to a Mac and translated with MacGPSPro software into graphic images. Then tracks are then refined in Photoshop and the translated into software used by sewing machines and stitched by a computerized sewing machine.
In all cases the technology does the physical 'making', but the body is still active and engaged in the process, performing crucial tasks like stretching fabrics, choosing thread colours, driving a car or riding a bicycle and working with the various software programs and computer interfaces. I, the human no longer act only with my body or hands, but also through various electronic appendages, or more like a cyborg....
For more on the history on GPS/Satellite technology: see “THE REMOTE SENSING TUTORIAL” written by Dr. Nicholas S M. Short
