Gareth Fuller is an artist and explorer. Using just the pen and ink of an author, he borrows from cartography, walking hundreds of miles to create vast, intricate, hand-drawn portraits of place. From London, Shanghai and Washington DC to Pyongyang, Bristol and Beijing – his work acts as a layered gaze into the identity of urban and rural places, by transcribing their personal, geographical, and social meanings into what he calls ‘maps of the mind’.
For many, this imposing landmark, The Ryugyong Hotel is the signature building of Pyongyang. Part science -fiction, part pyramid, the shadow cast by this mega-structure reaches across people’s minds as it does across the city.
By the sixth ring road of Beijing, I witnessed an unusual marriage proposal. The bride-to-be’s ring was delivered by an aeroplane. This eye-witness story has been future proofed – the ring bearer is now a drone.
Pink Floyd floated Algie the pig above Battersea Powerstation in 1976 to create their album artwork. A gust of wind broke Algie free, the pig eventually landing in a field in Kent, upsetting a herd of cows.
