Maps Unfolded
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Ankon Mitra, Char Minar
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Ankon Mitra, City Lights - Illuminated maps-Bombay (1945)
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Ankon Mitra, City Lights - Illuminated maps-Central India
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Ankon Mitra, City Lights - Illuminated maps-Fort St. David (1758)
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Ankon Mitra, City Lights - Illuminated maps-Greater Bombay (1950)
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Ankon Mitra, City Lights - Illuminated maps-Gulf of Manaar (1830)
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Ankon Mitra, City Lights - Illuminated maps-Hyderabad
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Ankon Mitra, City Lights - Illuminated maps-India maps (1752)
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Ankon Mitra, City Lights - Illuminated maps-North India (1804)
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Ankon Mitra, City Lights - Illuminated maps-Portuguese Goa map
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Ankon Mitra, City Lights - Illuminated maps-Tourist map of Goa
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Ankon Mitra, City Lights - Illuminated maps-Vintage Calcutta
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Ankon Mitra, Cloud Maps-for full Installation
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Ankon Mitra, Cosmic Jain map
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Ankon Mitra, Delhi - Hyderabad (Red Fort - CharMinar)
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Ankon Mitra, Dwarka
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Ankon Mitra, Hand Fans-Europe
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Ankon Mitra, Hand Fans-Japan
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Ankon Mitra, Heritage Architecture of Hyderabad : Pop-Up Series-Chawmohalla Palace
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Ankon Mitra, Heritage Architecture of Hyderabad : Pop-Up Series-Falaknuma Palace
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Ankon Mitra, Heritage Architecture of Hyderabad : Pop-Up Series-Golkonda Fort
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Ankon Mitra, Heritage Architecture of Hyderabad : Pop-Up Series-Idarah-i-Adabiyat-i Urdu
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Ankon Mitra, Hyderabad Map (Pharaoh & Co.)
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Ankon Mitra, Hyderabad Map (Pharaoh & Co.)
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Ankon Mitra, Hyderabad Map (Pharaoh & Co.)
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Ankon Mitra, Ikebana Series - Uttarakhand-1
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Ankon Mitra, Ikebana Series - Uttarakhand-2
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Ankon Mitra, Ikebana Series - Uttarakhand-3
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Ankon Mitra, Ikebana Series - Uttarakhand-4
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Ankon Mitra, Ikebana Series - Uttarakhand-4
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Ankon Mitra, Ikebana Series - Uttarakhand-5
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Ankon Mitra, Jaganath Puri
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Ankon Mitra, Jaipur
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Ankon Mitra, Jambudweepa Cosmic map
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Ankon Mitra, Jambudweepa-1
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Ankon Mitra, Jambudweepa-2
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Ankon Mitra, Jambudweepa-3
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Ankon Mitra, Kaashi
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Ankon Mitra, Kashmir
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Ankon Mitra, Map Flowers -Japan - 2
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Ankon Mitra, Map Flowers Poland
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Ankon Mitra, Map Flowers- China
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Ankon Mitra, Map Flowers- China
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Ankon Mitra, Map Flowers- China
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Ankon Mitra, Map Flowers- Italy
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Ankon Mitra, Map Flowers- Japan - 1
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Ankon Mitra, Mapped Columns-1950’s Times of India map - Bombay from malabar hills
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Ankon Mitra, Mapped Columns-1950’s Times of India map - Bombay from malabar hills
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Ankon Mitra, Mapped Columns-Harper’s Weekly Chandni Chowk
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Ankon Mitra, Mapped Columns-Illustrated London News
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Ankon Mitra, Moons and Constellations-full Installation of 16 Objects
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Ankon Mitra, Ori-Kiri Maps-Mount Everest -1
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Ankon Mitra, Ori-Kiri Maps-Mount Everest -2
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Ankon Mitra, Ori-Kiri Maps-Mount Everest -2
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Ankon Mitra, Ori-Kiri Maps-Mount Everest -3
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Ankon Mitra, Ori-Kiri Maps-Mount Everest -3
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Ankon Mitra, Ori-Kiri Maps-Tibet -1
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Ankon Mitra, Ori-Kiri Maps-Tibet -1
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Ankon Mitra, Ori-Kiri Maps-Tibet -2
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Ankon Mitra, Ori-Kiri Maps-Tibet -2
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Ankon Mitra, Ori-Kiri Maps-Tibet -3
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Ankon Mitra, Ori-Kiri Maps-Tibet -3
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Ankon Mitra, Palitana
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Ankon Mitra, Palitana
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Ankon Mitra, Palitana
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Ankon Mitra, Palitana
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Ankon Mitra, Palitana
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Ankon Mitra, Peninsular South India
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Ankon Mitra, Qutub Shahi Tomb
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Ankon Mitra, Qutub Shahi Tomb
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Ankon Mitra, Re-Imagined Globes-Kususama Dodecahedron Antique World map 1689
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Ankon Mitra, Re-Imagined Globes-Kususama Dodecahedron Antique World map 1689
Art and science of origami and cartography.
The Miura Map Folding Algorithm is one of the first instances where mathematical and geometric nodes of enquiry meet map-making. Large maps have been made for millennia and have been folded into smaller rectangles for ease of carrying always, and their tearing at the nodes where the horizontal and vertical lines meet is also a reality. Cloth and canvas backing are time-tested solutions, but Koryo Miura, the mathematician's eponymous folding pattern was the first to be applied as an innovative geometric solution to this problem. The grid proposed was not rectangular but ever so slightly rhombic.
While this may seem like an esoteric joining of the cartographic with the geometric, but geometry is at the heart of the discipline of cartography - from how trigonometry was employed to do the first scientific survey of the length and breadth of India, to how the height of Mount Everest was first measured, and how our globe - which is a slightly bulged sphere, can actually be translated into an absolutely flat map (a mathematically impossible task, but solved with approximation in real life).
Curated by Prshant Lahoti, this exhibition is a collaboration between Kalakriti Archives, one of India's largest private repositories of historic maps, and architect and origami artist Ankon Mitra. The maps featured in this exhibition include traditional Indian pilgrimage maps, printed bazaar maps, and city maps, each offering a window into society of the past and present. 'Through this exhibition, we have tried to juxtapose the precision behind the science of origami and cartography,' says the curator.
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We drop in at a show that merges maps with art Unfolding Maps
In the magazine, Today Delhi TimeToday Delhi Times , 1 October 2024 -
In Hyderabad, Ankon Mitra's art installation puts a playful spin on archival maps
in The Press, Viviren Parla, Spain22 September 2024 -
Maps unfolded — A unique show around cartography
In The Press, The Statesman21 September 2024 -
Maps and Mind- twisters
In the Press, Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)20 September 2024
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In Hyderabad, Ankon Mitra’s art installations give a fun spin to archival maps
In The Press, The Hindu (Hyderabad)18 September 2024 -
Mapping Past and Present
In The Press, The Indian Express (Hyderabad)17 September 2024 -
Ankon Mitra Unfolds Maps, Takes A Step Out of Digital Era
In The Press, The Times of India (Hyderabad)14 September 2024