Gerrymandering There are many things that are curious in the USA but Gerrymandering is perhaps the most curious one. Wikipedia: “Gerrymandering is a practice intended to establish an unfair political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating district boundaries” Maybe “curious” is not the right word. “Ugly”? “Appalling”?

Here, a square city  (4×4 and 5×5) blocks is divided in four/five districts of four/five blocks.

Four districts in a four by four city, black on white

  • 16 neighbourhoods are divided in four districts of four neighbourhoods each
  • 117 unique possible configurations in a 13×9 grid (eg. https://oeis.org/A172477)
  • Plotted on CANSON® XL® Bristol Bristol paper A4.
  • Black pigmented pen
  • Dimensions: 27,5×19 cm

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Five districts in a five by five city, black on white

  • 25 neighbourhoods are divided in five districts of five neighbourhoods each
  • 4006 unique possible configurations in a 73×55-9 grid (eg https://oeis.org/A172477)
  • Plotted on CANSON® XL® Bristol Bristol paper A3.
  • Black pigmented pen
  • Dimensions: 36×27 cm

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Four districts in a four by four city, white on black

  • 16 neighbourhoods are divided in four districts of four neighbourhoods each
  • 117 unique possible configurations in a 13×9 grid (eg. https://oeis.org/A172477)
  • Geplot op Fabriano BLACK BLACK paper, 300g  A4
  • White pen (Mitsubishi Uni-ball)
  • Dimensions 27.5×19 cm

Detail

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