RICK MEYEROWITZ Digital Deli Map of Personal Computer Americ

Sale 2480 - Lot 207

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RICK MEYEROWITZ.
"Digital Deli Map of Personal Computer America." Illustration commissioned by the Workman Publishing Company as both a promotional poster for, and published in, their book "Digital Deli: The Comprehensive, User-Lovable Menu of Computer Lore, Culture, Lifestyles and Fancy by The Lunch Group & Guests," edited by Steve Ditlea (New York: 1984). Watercolor and colored pencil on paper with collaged elements. 22x33 1/2 inches, on 25 1/4x37-inch sheet. Signed in far right image. Accompanied by the signed poster.

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a fun and fascinating pictorial map showing the digital landscape of the united states in 1984 The three main divisions depicted are Silicon Valley, Silicon Alley, and Silicon Prairie, with fun plays on names such as "Silicon Sally," the "Cracker 2000," the cities of "Ram and Rom," and GIGO (garbage in/garbage out).
Among countless amusing and noteworthy vignettes: the world's largest cheese computer; the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto; Dr. John Lilly communicating with dolphins via Apple II computer; a lighthouse monument to the first microchip; two hikers in the Pacific Northwest region, one of whom is carrying a personal computer on his back with the screen displaying "You are lost," prophesying the impending widespread use of GPS; and the important, early music and culture gathering, the "Us Festival," founded by Steve Wozniak and Bill Graham in the early 80s.
A master of illustrated maps, Meyerowitz's Digital Deli is among his most dense and witty.