The map is not the territory 2014

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The map is not the territory

In 2012, the performance The Map is not the Territory was realised in Woubrechtegem (Flemish Ardennes) in cooperation with the non-profit organisation Arpia (Art and Landscape) and the municipality of Herzele, Belgium. By allowing a group of 200 hikers to walk along a contour line in the Flemish Ardennes, a physical map was drawn in the landscape.

The map is not the territory , originally coined by the Polish-American philosopher Alfred Korzybsky (1879-1950), this term subsequently came to widespread attention via a similarly titled novel by Michel Houellebecq [The Map and the Territory, 2010]

The Map is not the Territory, is about the fact that people sometimes confuse the representation of reality with reality itself. The mapping of a territory, therefore, does not constitute the actual territory. Despite our best efforts to control the world around us, we often fail. Perception does not always coincide with reality.