Cristobal Mendoza

Cristobal Mendoza's piece is interesting because it is a distortion of reality as we know it- it is obviously the map of the world, but different from what we are used to seeing. The continents are stretched out in all directions, and even their sizes are altered- Europe is tiny, canada is merely non-existent, and the north african desert seems huge. The colors chosen, from the black 'ocean' to the green and beige lands challenge most maps we usually see- where countries are colored and the ocean is blue. The piece definitely comes together as one piece though, because we attach a certain meaning, a concept, to what these shapes are.