Tag: Gretzinger

Jerry’s Map is still going strong. For decades, Jerry Gretzinger has been creating a map made up of thousands of individual paper tiles that are created, revised and even painted over based on an arcane, cards-based system of rules. He first came to our attention in 2009, thanks to Greg Whitmore’s short film, “Jerry’s Map.” People Make Games have just released a 47-minute documentary film in which we are reintroduced to Jerry, now in his eighties and still working on the map; the film shows the entire 4,100-tile map being assembled over a three-day period, which is something to see. (You should absolutely watch “Jerry’s Map” first, though.) [MetaFilter]

Previously: Jerry’s Map.

Jerry Gretzinger’s map began as a little doodle. Then it began to take on a life of its own. Jerry uses a deck of cards to determine how the map is revised, with near-mystical results. “Yes, it’s alive. It changes. My hand puts the paint on the paper and then I step back and say, ‘Wow, look at that,’ as though I was not the perpetrator. I’m just the observer.” I could see myself having this much fun. Via MetaFilter.