Fourteen art and architecture students build a landscape shaped by "natural" and "artificial" environments in Tampa, Florida. Fanning out in teams to the University Mall on Fowler Ave, the USF Botanic Gardens and Library, students identify the salient features of each site within invented, hybrid spaces.
Week One: Visiting sites, drawing, pacing, photographing, taking notes
Featuring
Anita Rafat, Jacqueline Bayliss, Stephanie Hornsby, Katie Weber, Jillian Warren, Hiroki Haraguchi, Vicki Miller, Denyce Coombs, Jessica Carr, Iva Cepanec, Lindsay Scoggins, Karen Tremmel, Jonothan Maher and Tim McMillan
Elisabeth Condon, Instructor
With heartfelt thanks to Irineo Cabreras, Chuck McGee, Shawn Cheatham and Ben Hooper, without whose help and technical expertise Industrial Landscapes would never have functioned as well or looked as great as it does. Deepest gratitude as well to Wallace Wilson, Deb Dennison and Gloria Quigley, project champion, for their support of the exhibition from start to finish.
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http://spacing.ca/wire/2008/07/16/fringe-benefits-continued-how-should-avenues-develop/
http://spacingmontreal.ca/2008/07/15/dancing-in-the-streets/
http://buildinglandscape.com
Researching cities that "flow" with grace, warmth…embracing. What makes these places work? It seems in all cases, nature…access to nature, the natural world is the key. Even if that place simply provides a warming window in the winter sun, a balcony garden, a walkway among trees, an abstract view of the sky through glass or a glimpse of water…the sounds, the subconscious realization of being connected by some common natural theme is reassuring to humankind.
The Jane and York area was a perfect example of when planners go wrong. (Toronto). By over planning a space that didn't fit the needs of the community…micromanaging outdoor space, converting gathering spaces into organized halls, community recreation, little attention paid to the access of the sky…cramming sky scrapers so tight that the streets and sideways become nothing more than cold dark passageways from one artificial environment to the other humankind loses its link with the real world and without that real world contact man loses the sense of self.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_and_Finch
An example of creative planning that has stood the test of time:
http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/83savannah/83savannah.htm
Luther Standing Bear:
The man who sat on the ground in his tipi meditating on life and its meaning, accepting the kinship of all creatures and acknowledging unity with the universe of all things was infusing into his being the true essence of civilization.
The Photographer's Guide to the Eye: http://www.popphoto.com/popularphotographyfeatures/5422/the-photographers-guide-to-the-eye.html
Hi, K,
Thank you for this post and the links. I shall post them on the front page along w/ links to Jacobs. What you say rings true, esp in the installation--the natural influences are seeping in...trees, rice paper, metal and paper flowers, water...
Yeah man, Wait until you come in tomorrow... :-) stayed late... did some collaboration with Eva, Lindsey and Tim. We re-appropriated some found objects.
NEED Garbage. The kind that would be found outdoors, beer bottles, wine bottles, pop cans, wrappers, cigarettes...litter
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