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Dan Cities Blog: February 2011
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Sunday, February 27, 2011. Art and Spatial Politics. Still from Wojnarowicz's A Fire In My Belly. When Wojnarowicz's video A Fire In My Belly. Images of Gordon Matta-Clark's Day's End. Gordon Matta-Clark's Days End. Saturday, February 19, 2011. Master Builders and Resistance. In The Uses of Neighborhood Parks, chapter 5 of The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Jacobs is claiming that the park is not what is going to develop a strong, diverse neighborhood, but it is the strong, diverse neighborhood...
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Dan Green: Cities in Crisis: 1930s-1950s
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Thursday, February 17, 2011. Lewis Mumford is a historian and philosopher born in 1895 in Queens, NY. When he was 44 years old he created a film called "The City". A narrator's voice is heard, explaining the beauty of this "new" type of life. I would like to highlight some of things he says and offer my comments on them. Just watch us grow, the scales wont hold us soon.". I found this to be ironic due to increasing obesity in America. A little gossip, or a friendly hand is good for the complexion". This ...
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Dan Green: Cities in Crisis: Master Builders
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Monday, February 21, 2011. Part 2 - Chapter 8: The Need for Mixed Primary Uses. S "Long Exposure" series. The Lower Manhattan Waterfront. Jacobs theorizes that if a district is calculated and specialized for one function will be unable to provide what is necessary if it is confined to that one function. This is due to the fact that the district will only be used during specific times and because of its lack of diversity, at all other times will be empty. Jacobs talks about the Central Business District (...
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Dan Green: Cities in Crisis: The Navigators
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Saturday, February 5, 2011. While thinking about the flaneur I realized that what is most interesting about the flaneur is not the city they exhibit, but the flaneur themselves. It seems that Poe too found the flaneur themselves to be interesting. Who are the flaneurs what does their life consist of. I find myself asking this question about a lot of people i see on the street. wondering, "what do they do at night? Or "what does their apartment look like? Perhaps it is our natural inclination to be voyeur...
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Dan Cities Blog: April 2011
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Friday, April 22, 2011. We all know the famous Cloud Gate. Untitled, 2010. stainless steel and resin. 1999 fiberglass and pigment. As if to Celebrate I Discovered a Mountain Blooming With Red Flowers,. 1981 wood, cement, polystyrene, pigment. Although none of this really has much to do with the city in a direct way, he takes this way of working and brings it outside into the public space. Tall Tree and The Eye,. 2009 stainless steel over carbon. Am particularly interested in the back side of Sky Mirror.
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Dan Cities Blog: Anish Kapoor
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Friday, April 22, 2011. We all know the famous Cloud Gate. Untitled, 2010. stainless steel and resin. 1999 fiberglass and pigment. As if to Celebrate I Discovered a Mountain Blooming With Red Flowers,. 1981 wood, cement, polystyrene, pigment. Although none of this really has much to do with the city in a direct way, he takes this way of working and brings it outside into the public space. Tall Tree and The Eye,. 2009 stainless steel over carbon. Am particularly interested in the back side of Sky Mirror.
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Dan Cities Blog: Chicago
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Sunday, March 13, 2011. Julia C. Lathrop Home. Richard Nickel - Carson Pirie Scott Building. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Ed Ruscha and the Image of LA. View my complete profile. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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Dan Cities Blog: March 2011
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Sunday, March 13, 2011. Julia C. Lathrop Home. Richard Nickel - Carson Pirie Scott Building. Sunday, March 6, 2011. Ed Ruscha and the Image of LA. Ed Ruscha's Every Building on the Sunset Strip. Is a great example of the flaneur in the car. In one regard, Ruscha has reenacted the flaneur experience while driving down the Sunset Strip. By having the camera automatically make the pictures as Ruscha was driving, this group of photographs is a documentation of observing the city through the car. Simple templ...
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Dan Cities Blog: New York, Beside Itself
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Sunday, April 17, 2011. New York, Beside Itself. There is very little documentation from Joan Jonas's Delay Delay. A performance done in 1972. There is one image, however, in particular that has captured the attention of Burton and has changed her view of Manhattan ever since. I think that what Burton is describing is that through Jonas's portrayal and use of Manhattan, Burton's view of the city is altered. The image that Jonas created is considered in experiencing the actual city. Tom Burr, Deep Purple.
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Dan Cities Blog: Urban China
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Sunday, April 10, 2011. China sections itself off from the world to a certain extent. Within this gated off country there are also numerous, smaller, sectioned off zones. Great Wall - Sections off China from the World. Guangzhou wall - Sectioning off the City. Courtyard Houses - Sectioning off Private Life. Xu Zhen - In Just The Blink Of An Eye. Xu Zhen made a performance/installation piece titled In Just The Blink Of An Eye. In which he creates the illusion of migrant workers tilted to where it looks as...
