The map is a device of multiple powers. What happens when this device is purposely redirected by artists? Currently there is tremendous momentum amongst the fields of art, activism, geography and cultural studies. For example, associating the fields of cartography and art can lead to new forms of tourism, overwrite official boundaries with local ecologies, expose governmental secrets and generate new ways of experiencing and understanding our physical environment.

You Are Here is a two-day conference featuring contemporary artists and researchers working with mapping and tactical media.

Performances and lectures will be presented by Center for Land Use Interpretation, Matt McCormick, Institute for Applied Autonomy and Nato Thompson.

Co-presented by the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts and the Aurora Picture Show.

Curated by Bree Edwards

Location: Aurora Picture Show, 800 Aurora

Info: 713-868-2101 or 713-743-5548

Tickets: Friday $6.00, Saturday is Free

The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts at the University of Houston is committed to working with interdisciplinary artists whose work tackles political and social issues of today. Beginning in January 2008 The Mitchell Center will host a creative development residency with the Center for Land Use Interpretation. You Are Here will initiate public dialogue and lay the foundation for this significant collaborative residency.