DUNE

The piece of work was by Francis Alys its called "When Faith Moves Mountains" (2002).HERE'S A DESCRIPTION

CARTOGRAPHICS

Found a couple of links which I thought might be useful for inspiration or at least a look through...

STRANGE MAPS
EDWARD TUFTE Q&A

YEMEN at RIBA

saw this one today... the exhibition is small but is quite good as it shows the construction of high rise earth buildings... its on till february so if you are near check it out...

here is the link

A TREE UNDONE

An artist published a pattern for knitting leaves, then asked their local community to send in the results. In the end this crochet tree was grown. Each leaf was not tied off so when it was installed in the desert for he Burning Man festival the entire structure would unravel in the wind. Nice....

See the project website here

SUNLIGHT

found this and thought it might be good to read before our trip... HERE'S THE LINK