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A portrait of global proportions

by Anna Brones (RSS feed) on May 27th 2008 at 4:00PM

Drawing to scale can be hard enough, I can't even imagine attempting to draw on the whole globe. But that's exactly what artist Erik Nordenankar did. On March 17, 2008 Nordenankar sent a briefcase containing a GPS tracking device with the global shipping company DHL. He gave the company exact instructions on where to go and in what order, and 55 days later the briefcase came back to its departure point, Stockholm. Using the information from the GPS, Nordenankar created the above image. The continuous line of the drawing is exactly 110,664 kilometers long. Now that's one big portrait.

Update: Yes, this is a hoax. 'Biggest drawing in world' revealed as hoax -- thanks to everyone who sent this in. --Ed.

Filed under: Arts and Culture, Internet Tools

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Chris May 27th 2008 5:26PM

And you believe this why? Because his website says so? Sounds like a hoax.

How come there isn't a single news organization that has covered this "Biggest Drawing in the World." Only bloggers from what I can see...

Chris May 27th 2008 5:30PM

Spoke too soon, Anna! Perhaps you should research your news before posting it on an AOL blog, readers like truthful travel information, not Internet hoax garbage.

'Biggest drawing in world' revealed as hoax
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2038701/'Biggest-drawing-in-world'-revealed-as-hoax.html

Adam May 27th 2008 6:59PM

The bottom of the site even says "This is fictional work. DHL did not transport the GPS at any time"

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