Tuesday, October 27, 2009

check out this 'conceptual' essay from Afterall about place and space-


It looks at the idea of topographical narratives.

There is a parallel world tension at work- here's some excerpts from the essay-

"There is a tension between our desire to see the whole, from above, and to engage with individual sections of the city at ground level. "

"...memories need to be presented topographically and can be explained by key psycho-geographical premises: firstly, that the urban landscape impacts upon one's thought and behaviour at any given point - 'in different places we are different people'..."

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