Simon Barker
Simon Barker

Cheltenham Circles 2010

Digital mapping of all the circles in Cheltenham

The town of Cheltenham was mapped remotely through Google Earth. The locations of all circles visible from the sky were traced from a huge composite aerial photograph of the city. The photograph was then interpreted, and a category alotted to each circle, from the largest (GCHQ) down to the smallest (trampolines in back gardens) based only on what could be deduced from the photograph.

A digital print of the drawing of the circles was then made, each numbered and described. An image was then made of the circles in a reflective material on transparent acrylic sheet.

Exhibited

Meantime Gallery, Cheltenham.

Project 78 Gallery, St Leonards On Sea

Purchased for the collection of Cheltenham City Art Gallery

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1       Installation photograph of detail of digital print at Project 78 gallery

2       Digital print incorporating interpretive list of circles

3       Installation photograph of detail of acrlic sheet at Project 78 gallery

4       Diagram of aerial photograph mosaic

5       Aerial photograph mosaic

6       Digital print of circles only

7       Detail of circle on digital print 

8       Detail of circle on acrylic sheet at Project 78 gallery

9 -11   Research photographs of circles in Cheltenham