navigation implies dialogue Code PSC023 Inundation proposes the use of alternate mapping to explore a new landscape. Replacing the rigid 'ordnance survey' grid of arable farming with banded posts. These posts map the water levels to come whilst during the wet months the map the natural contours of the landscape no longer visible. Inundation also imagines other uses these mapping posts could be put to……… The inundation project is located in the flat lands north of the English port 'Kingston Upon Hull'. Through this landscape, reminiscent of the Netherlands, meanders the River Hull on its southern journey to the city of its name. The site location is in the river valley which is several metres below sea level, and where until recently subject to regular flooding. Inundation proposes the removal of the old pumping station which keeps the area drained and the river level above that of the surrounding land. Shallow lakes would reappear. Large areas would be flooded in winter and dry in a summer. Ancient farming patterns and over-wintering sites for wildfowl will reappear. Opportunities for leisure can be exploited. This reclamation of The Holderness provides a blank canvas on which to map monumental changes using minumental interventions. This new wildlife reserve will require visitors to survive. Post tourism theory informs us to what is required. The post tourist cannot evade their condition of outsider. Like a child they are told where to go. what to do. They move easily from high culture to pleasure principles, delighting in both. They know what they are, that it is just a game. Place names mean nothing to the tourist. They need only be guided through the landscape, directed to framed views. Allowed to meander and consume. This is the condition Inundation embraces. Inundation proposes the use of alternate mapping to explore this new landscape. Replacing the rigid 'ordnance survey' grid of arable farming with banded posts. These posts map the water levels to come whilst during the wet months the map the natural contours of the landscape no longer visible. Inundation also imagines other uses these mapping posts could be put to………