Writing texts on the wall has a tremendous tradition in the folklore of big cities. It is one of the simplest ways to express freedom; the creators communicate with every citizen of the city in principle. They turn an intrinsically illegible town legible.
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Writing texts on the wall has a tremendous tradition in the folklore of big cities. It is one of the simplest ways to express freedom; the creators communicate with every citizen of the city in principle. They turn an intrinsically illegible town legible.
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Gävle, Sweden, 2003
In 2002 Esther Shalev-Gerz was invited to realize a project in Gävle, Sweden.
“What is the portrait of a city? Is it the city today or is it both what it is today and what it could have been?
When I first visited Gavle I w
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Gävle, Sweden, 2003
In 2002 Esther Shalev-Gerz was invited to realize a project in Gävle, Sweden.
“What is the portrait of a city? Is it the city today or is it both what it is today and what it could have been?
When I first visited Gavle I w
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City of Revolutions
An unrealized project by Stefanos Tsivopoulos
"Whoever could be in charge of the public sphere of Tehran was in charge of the country. The contest over, and the domination of, the public spaces of the city was the embodiment of the
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City of Revolutions
An unrealized project by Stefanos Tsivopoulos
"Whoever could be in charge of the public sphere of Tehran was in charge of the country. The contest over, and the domination of, the public spaces of the city was the embodiment of the
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SFAI Project Proposal. (2012)
The project will entail spending one day walking throughout various neighborhoods in San Francisco. Through out the day I will digitally document various manhole covers, utility covers, water meter covers, etc….
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SFAI Project Proposal. (2012)
The project will entail spending one day walking throughout various neighborhoods in San Francisco. Through out the day I will digitally document various manhole covers, utility covers, water meter covers, etc….
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Andreas Gedin: Plan for Berlin: ”A Walk in Paradise”, 1997
This project concerned the specific conditions for the fauna in the No mans land (or what is left of it) surrounding the former Berlin wall. It was neither a city park or a forest. What int
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Andreas Gedin: Plan for Berlin: ”A Walk in Paradise”, 1997
This project concerned the specific conditions for the fauna in the No mans land (or what is left of it) surrounding the former Berlin wall. It was neither a city park or a forest. What int
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Place Jacques-Cartier, Montréal 1990 (with Tony Fretton) - Mark Pimlott
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This project proposed a monumental surface for Place Jacques-Cartier that resembled the streets an unconscious places that were typical of Montréal’s topography. The ground was conceived of as a portion of the granite shield that the city is built on,
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This project proposed a monumental surface for Place Jacques-Cartier that resembled the streets an unconscious places that were typical of Montréal’s topography. The ground was conceived of as a portion of the granite shield that the city is built on,
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Project: CHINATOWN RUN
Client: City of Calgary Development Dept. / Canada
Date: 2010
Retrofit of elements into existing Centre Street Chinatown District of Calgary Alberta Canada.
The idea was to enhance the 3 blocks along Centre Street with t
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Project: CHINATOWN RUN
Client: City of Calgary Development Dept. / Canada
Date: 2010
Retrofit of elements into existing Centre Street Chinatown District of Calgary Alberta Canada.
The idea was to enhance the 3 blocks along Centre Street with t
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Statement for The Agency Of Unrealized Projects
I use found postcards as miniature environments for sinister and fantastical scenarios. These proposals are not intended be realized and are also distanced from us by the age of the postcard, the only pl
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Statement for The Agency Of Unrealized Projects
I use found postcards as miniature environments for sinister and fantastical scenarios. These proposals are not intended be realized and are also distanced from us by the age of the postcard, the only pl
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Known for bad food but impressive panoramas, hundreds of revolving restaurants rotate imperceptibly on oversized turntables high above cities worldwide.
This unrealized project is an experimental motion picture.
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Known for bad food but impressive panoramas, hundreds of revolving restaurants rotate imperceptibly on oversized turntables high above cities worldwide.
This unrealized project is an experimental motion picture.
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Civic Centre in Salburua - Taller Basico de Arquitectura [TBA]
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Civic Centre in Salburua (2009)
The expansion of the city towards the peripheral neighborhoods has occupied the green limits between the inhabited zone and the world. These areas still retain their limit character, and they don’t appear on the city a
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Civic Centre in Salburua (2009)
The expansion of the city towards the peripheral neighborhoods has occupied the green limits between the inhabited zone and the world. These areas still retain their limit character, and they don’t appear on the city a
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proposal for the 2010 Spitalfields Sculpture Prize
Downriver further develops my established practice of making ‘dissected’ map sculptures. Previously, I have taken actual source maps and cut away everything from them except one particular visual e
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proposal for the 2010 Spitalfields Sculpture Prize
Downriver further develops my established practice of making ‘dissected’ map sculptures. Previously, I have taken actual source maps and cut away everything from them except one particular visual e
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I LOVE YOU - Roberto Behar & Rosario Marquardt / R & R Studios
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I LOVE YOU, is a message from one person to another and from the city to everyone; an imaginary solution that celebrates the world of tomorrow as a place of camaraderie and friendship. I LOVE YOU brings people together with a universal message identifiabl
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I LOVE YOU, is a message from one person to another and from the city to everyone; an imaginary solution that celebrates the world of tomorrow as a place of camaraderie and friendship. I LOVE YOU brings people together with a universal message identifiabl
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Observatory for the Study of Metropolitan Man - Bastiaan Arler
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The project consists of a temporary structure made of easily available scaffolding that can be installed in any city square. It is open to the public and thus allows people to observe and to be observed in two distinct moments. The project has never been
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The project consists of a temporary structure made of easily available scaffolding that can be installed in any city square. It is open to the public and thus allows people to observe and to be observed in two distinct moments. The project has never been
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Dear Mr. Kirkeby
Today I received the ektachromes for the book on unrealised projects form Michael Werner in New York-many thanks.
We would be most thankful if you could fax us some more text related to these projects.
With my best regards
Hans Ulrich
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Dear Mr. Kirkeby
Today I received the ektachromes for the book on unrealised projects form Michael Werner in New York-many thanks.
We would be most thankful if you could fax us some more text related to these projects.
With my best regards
Hans Ulrich
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SEE-THROUGHS
A project proposal by Anton Savov and Barak Reiser
Frankfurt, 2011
See-Throughs is a proposal for a pavilion to be situated on a square in a metropolitan location during the winter months - a time when the city’s open-air spaces are
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SEE-THROUGHS
A project proposal by Anton Savov and Barak Reiser
Frankfurt, 2011
See-Throughs is a proposal for a pavilion to be situated on a square in a metropolitan location during the winter months - a time when the city’s open-air spaces are
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