Artists create unique map of city

People across Dundee are helping to create a unique new map of the city, which is also a piece of art.

Walkers are given a hand held GPS device, and their journey is then projected by a computer onto a large canvas at Abertay University.

Volunteers then make a permanent record of the walks by stitching different coloured threads along each route.

Dozens of people have already had their journeys added to the canvas but the creators want more to get involved.

'Personal journey'

"Running Stitch" is a collaboration between artists Jen Southern, Jen Hamilton and Chris St Amand.

Cultural Projects Officer at the university, Donna Holford-Lovell, said: "We've been inviting people to either become a stitcher or an urban rambler or both.

"People are asked to think about a personal journey to them or go around Dundee and discover something they've never seen before.

"Then over the weeks of the exhibition it then builds up a map of Dundee that is quite personal to the people who have stitched and walked the journey."

The Signals in the City exhibition, which features the artwork, will run until 2 May.

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