They made 3 books, each contains a different 54 stories, and also two essays each by local South African and major international cycling figures, including pieces by Noble prize-winning author JM Coetzee, and the godfather of mountain biking, Gary Fisher.
The books are designed by Gabrielle Guy and they have also collaborated with celebrated South African artist Gabrielle Raaff to create an individual hand-painted watercolor map, based on Google Maps, to indicate the location of each of the portraits.
I think that the idea of using the image that is displayed on google maps is really effective as it reflects how the use of maps has changed over the course of time. I would like to experiment with drawing in this style and how these types of images can be layered over images or drawings of the place. I think that this layering technique could reintroduce the idea of mould into my work and help create the look of the petri dish. The lines and small island like shapes of the birds eye view map are perfect to reflect the irregular shapes that occur in a petri dish.
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