Michael Ferriss
artist/musician
Cartography for the new millennium
Who is making new maps? Modern cartography is a sterile and scientific process resulting in ubiquitous maps of the world. Street maps and now even our own houses can be viewed on home computers as the images are beamed back to us from space. Gone are the maps of old that illustrated not only the known world, but also the unknown and imagined world. Winds were illustrated around their borders along with strange mythical creatures to show that there may be danger in these parts.
These works are new maps for the new millennium. They are an attempt to illustrate through abstraction how we look at our world now, with fractured images and composite photography, through a new dimension we call cyberspace.
"A man sets out to draw the world. As the years go by, he peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, rooms, instruments, stars, horses, and individuals. A short time before he dies, he discovers that the patient labyrinth of lines traces the lineaments of his own face." --Jorges Luis Borges
When We Made Love the First Time
collage 109 x 50 cm
print only NZD 250 (A2); 400 (A1); 650 (A0)
Beamtenherrschaft I (Bureaucracy I)
collage and mixed media 122 x 82 cm
NZD 1500
Beamtenherrschaft II (Bureaucracy II)
collage and mixed media 104 x 101 cm
NZD 1500
Beamtenherrschaft III (Bureaucracy III)
collage and mixed media 120 x 74 cm
NZD 1500
The Aleph I
collage 78 x 100 cm
NZD 1500
Antithesis of Chaos
collage and mixed media 80 x 80 cm
NZD 1100
Mappa Mundi I
collage 118 x 67 cm
NZD 1300
The Absolute Name III
22 cm (diameter)
NZD 220
Catch Tomorrow
collage and mixed media 100 x 78 cm
NZD 1100
Aftermath
collage and mixed media 60 x 53 cm
NZD 660
Worlds Without End
collage 108 x 50 cm
NZD 1300
Unordnung I (Disorder I)
collage 116 x 79 cm
NZD 1300
Rose of Yesterday
collage 70 x 81 cm
print only NZD 250 (A2); 400 (A1); 650 (A0)
I Dream You
collage 114 x 92 cm
NZD 1400
The Absolute Name I
globe 21 cm (diameter)
NZD 220
Beyond Love
collage and mixed media 140 x 91.5 cm
NZD 1400
The Absolute Name II
globe 17 cm (diameter)
NZD 220
No Man's Land
collage and paint 50 x 36 cm
NZD 350
Acoustic Horizon I
collage and mixed media 48 x 39 cm
print only NZD 250 (A2)
Acoustic Horizon II
collage and mixed media 60 x 53 cm
NZD 660
All of the works are available as prints in three sizes: A2 (42 x 59 cm); A1 (59 x 84 cm); A0 (84 x 118 cm): NZD 250; 400 and 650 respectively.
Prints are on high quality acid-free, archival paper.
For information on ordering original artwork and limited edition high-quality prints use the contact page.