[ The Weight of Land ] Sand | Scale
The Weight of Land asks what maps really do to our feeling of what is true. The project started when it was noticed that every nation uses its version of a world map typically centering it on its land.

The Mercator Map Projection is commonly used to draw world map, it preserves shapes and angles locally, but distorts the size of continents. Every projection shapes the Earth differently, each projection takes the Earth, reshapes it—stretching some continents, compressing swaths attempting to rebalance the whole surface. What appears as a neutral objective picture ends up being a choice, a wielding of power. When each country’s area is turned into a weight and placed on a scale, the artwork transforms distortions into tangible matter.













The scale here functions as a device drawing attention to perspective, bias and the invisible forces that sculpt what we call knowledge. It nudges observers to see that maps aren’t snapshots of reality, they are acts of interpretation that in their way steer the ways we imagine, prioritize and inhabit the world.















Gall–Peters Map Projection
(shows the true proportion of landmasses,
preserves area, but distorts shape)
Mercator Map Projection
(most commonly used map projection,
preserves shapes and angles locally. but distorts size)
Equal Earth Map Projection
(a compromise between area and shape,
preserves area while being designed to appear more visually balanced)















       
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