This is a conspiracy.
When I started making these maps, it was with a sense of wonder and fascination. The way deep-time would change the cities of the world, the new landscapes that would emerge long after anyone alive now has died, was amazing to me.The few that I made were popular, and so I made more…mostly for fun, but with the odd commission here and there.
I was also fascinated by the climate change deniers. It was jarring at first to get some of their comments, but their off-the-Fox News-shelf arguments started to get funny, even though they were still frustrating to hear. One of the standard denier tropes is that climate change is a big lie, a conspiracy, designed to make climate scientists rich…or something like that.
Which brings me to the new name.
I wanted to be inspired by their ignorance. I wanted to have fun with their paranoia. Tom Stoppard gave me an idea for a new name; I always loved this line…
Rosencrantz:
I don’t believe in it anyway.
Guildenstern:
What
Rosencrantz:
England Climate change
Guildenstern:
Just a conspiracy of cartographers then.
So here is the conspiracy…a Conspiracy of Cartographers. I will continue to create the sea rise (and other) maps, and they can have a conspiracy to fuel their paranoia. And yes, I’m selling them. I won’t get rich from it.
Conspiracy of Cartographers is where I park my sea rise maps and other cartographic creations that will be for sale through my online shop.
There is much more happening. Through Linn Studios, I create fictional worlds for the game industry, as well as other commission and consultancy work. I am excited to be able to share the game work I’m doing…but that will need to wait.
What doesn’t need to wait are the new sea rise maps I’m creating. To mark the occasion of Spatialities becoming Conspiracy of Cartographers, here are two new sea rise maps….
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It’s been a slow process getting this together…fitting it in between my other projects. I’m glad to have this new site up in time for the annual NACIS conference.
Thank you to Loa for the cool new logo, palette, and all the other design work that goes into creating a brand. Thank you, Sarah Thomson, for your crucial advice and guidance.
