Neural Notations       Drawing from Desire       Four Walls
								Drawing from Desire: Artists Map the Built Environment The works of Drawing from Desire exploit the subversive potential of architectural drawings to express subjective content. VIA installation, 2001, 60” x 80” x 15” each bed Anna von Mertens Anna von Mertens uses the site of the bed as a way to translate the exterior world to a personal one, to transform abstract pattern into a sense of intimate space. Topographical maps are hand stitched onto quilts—the process of making implies a narrative of the hands.