Carole P. Kunstadt
From New York to Liverpool 3200 miles, From Virginia to Persia 6600 miles…, 2024
thread, gampi tissue, antique maps: pages from Mitchell's School Atlas, 1839 17 x 10.5 x 10 in.
Wanderlust Series Observations of the world recorded in geography books from the 1800's provide a record of past generations' fascination and curiosity for the lands beyond. A unique perspective of mapping the world is depicted utilizing the antique materials. The carefully charted topographies, geographies, boundaries and coordinates are ultimately transformed, inviting new explorations. The long held drive to attain an understanding and respect globally continues to capture our imaginations and desires. Observations of the world recorded in geography books from the 1800's provide a record of past generations' understanding. Altering and re-combining antique maps metaphorically suggests a journey charted, imagined, or remembered. Layering the paper, responding to the antique cartographic renderings, evokes and implies new narratives.
Carole P. Kunstadt
Prevailing Winds, 2024
thread, rice paper, antique maps: pages from Warren's Brief Course of Geography, 1872 6.75 x 10.75 x 1.5 in.
Wanderlust Series Observations of the world recorded in geography books from the 1800's provide a record of past generations' fascination and curiosity for the lands beyond. A unique perspective of mapping the world is depicted utilizing the antique materials. The carefully charted topographies, geographies, boundaries and coordinates are ultimately transformed, inviting new explorations. The long held drive to attain an understanding and respect globally continues to capture our imaginations and desires. Observations of the world recorded in geography books from the 1800's provide a record of past generations' understanding. Altering and re-combining antique maps metaphorically suggests a journey charted, imagined, or remembered. Layering the paper, responding to the antique cartographic renderings, evokes and implies new narratives.
Carole P. Kunstadt
Migration, Migration II, 2023
antique wooden shoe forms, map pins, thread, antique maps 1868-1875 9.5 x 3 x 3.25/7 x 2.5 x 2.5 in
Wanderlust Series Observations of the world recorded in geography books from the 1800's provide a record of past generations' fascination and curiosity for the lands beyond. A unique perspective of mapping the world is depicted utilizing the antique materials. The carefully charted topographies, geographies, boundaries and coordinates are ultimately transformed, inviting new explorations. The long held drive to attain an understanding and respect globally continues to capture our imaginations and desires. Observations of the world recorded in geography books from the 1800's provide a record of past generations' understanding. Altering and re-combining antique maps metaphorically suggests a journey charted, imagined, or remembered. Layering the paper, responding to the antique cartographic renderings, evokes and implies new narratives. Emigrating, escaping, and hoping for a better life motivates individuals and families throughout history to leave everything behind and venture forth to an unknown place. Persecution, progroms, invasions and autocratic regimes disrupt and propel many into fleeing for their survival, historically as well as currently. “I believe antebellum America provided the foundations for the world we still live in. Who we are today is a function of who our cultural and intellectual ancestors were two centuries ago. Studying American Romanticism becomes, for me, a form of intellectual autobiography, a way of understanding who I am.” Brian J. Wolf
