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Jeff Wall, Study for ‘A Sudden Gust of Wind (After Hokusai)’, (1993)

June 28, 2017 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

There's a fine line between fact and fiction, between a moment and a perfect representation of that moment. Melissa Denes, Picture Perfect, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Territories, The Everyday Uncanny, When Photography Catches Time Tagged With: hokusai, photography, postmodernism, reference

Tim Mara’s Prints Narrative

June 27, 2017 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

Despite his focus on ordinary scenes and everyday objects, Irish artist Tim Mara (1948-1997) always rejected the qualification of Pop artist and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Interior Landscapes, Territories, The Everyday Uncanny Tagged With: Interiors, printmaking

A Perfect Grid: the Roman Town of Timgad, the African Pompeii

June 21, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

The city of Timgad, in today's Algeria, was founded as a military settlement by Emperor Trajan around AD 100 and its original scope was to be a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Fields, Housing the Multitude, Territories Tagged With: grid, military, roman, square, town

Herbert Bayer’s Small Architectural Projects (1924)

May 8, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Herbert Bayer was a prolific graphic designer and typography designer who also worked as a sculptor and a painter and who produced architectural … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Representation: Axonometric projection, Territories Tagged With: bauhaus, drawings, kiosk

Forgotten Corners, by Andrew G. Fisher

April 28, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Andrew G. Fisher is an artist who opens a constant relationship between two media, photography and illustration. Time is frozen in black and white … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Territories, When Photography Catches Time Tagged With: abstaction, Black and White, corners, lines, photography

A Portrait of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s Kosmos (1845-62)

April 17, 2017 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was a German geographer, explorer and naturalist who traveled extensively to Latin America and put the basis for a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Culture, Technology, Territories Tagged With: atlas, cosmos, current, nature, universe, world

Matter, Structure and Form of Life: Der Fels ist mein Haus, by Werner Blaser (1976)

February 4, 2017 by Fosco Lucarelli 2 Comments

In “Der Fels ist mein Haus = La rocher est ma demeure = The rock is my home", Werner Blaser analyses Swiss vernacular stone architecture. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Territories Tagged With: stone, vernacular architecture

Hashimoto Okiie’s Views of Ancient Castles and Gardens / 1

January 25, 2017 by Fosco Lucarelli 3 Comments

Hashimoto Okiie ( 1899- 1993) was a Japanese woodcut artist. After working as a teacher and spare-time artist, he devoted himself completely to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Media, Territories Tagged With: japanese, print, woodcut

“Weltschmerz” and “Made in Sarajevo” by Ben Tolman

January 22, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

"Weltschmerz" and "Made in Sarajevo" are two series of ink drawings by Washington DC-based artist Ben Tolman. The first one is a collection made in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Representation: Axonometric projection, Technology, Territories Tagged With: Black and White, cities, drawings, ink

Cut-out Reality Pieces by Mike Lee

January 15, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Mike Lee is a Californian born, New York-based digital and illustration artist. He has been working in the commercial illustration industry, but he … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Representation: Axonometric projection, Territories Tagged With: axonometric projection, gif, illustration

Visualizing Land: Works by Matthew Rangel

December 18, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 1 Comment

Matthew Rangel is an artist from the San Joaquin Valley in California beneath the Sierra Nevada Mountains. His digital and analogical prints … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Cartographies of Reality and Fiction, Territories Tagged With: carthography, maps, mountains

Don’t Be Afraid of Bad Dreams: Rik Smits’ Cities and Landscapes

December 16, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Rik Smits is a Dutch artist who works with several media. His large pencil drawings depict cities and landscapes sceneries, sometimes with a realistic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Territories, The Everyday Uncanny Tagged With: Black and White, cities, deserts, drawings

The City in the Space by Ricardo Bofill and Taller de Arquitectura (1970)

December 8, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

In 1970, Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill and his Taller de Arquitectura worked on a huge housing complex called La Ciudad en el Espacio (The City in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Territories Tagged With: archigram, city, housing, utopia

Understanding the Grid /1: Michel Ecochard’s Planning and Building Framework in Casablanca

December 7, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 2 Comments

French architect Michel Ecochard, also trained as an archeologist, was the director of the Morocco Department of Urban Planning from 1946 to 1952 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Fields, Housing the Multitude, Territories Tagged With: colonialism, grid, housing, planning, ubranism

Francisco Mujica : From the Pyramid to the Skyscraper.

November 27, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

During his tenure at the University of Mexico City, Mexican architect and historian Francisco Mujica, born in 1899, undertook archeological research … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Territories Tagged With: mexico, pre-Hispanic, pyramids, skyscraper

Communal Living Around a Void: The Shabonos, Dwellings of the Yanomami Tribes

November 16, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 3 Comments

The shabonos (or yanos) are the traditional communal dwellings of the Yanomami tribes of Southern Venezuela and northern Brazil. They are circular … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Housing the Multitude, Territories Tagged With: communal, jungle, round houses

Boats of the Pearl River (1800-1820)

November 13, 2016 by Fosco Lucarelli 3 Comments

This series of paintings dates back to 1800-1820 and depicts a series of different types of boats that use to cross the Pearl River in Guangzhou, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Culture, Technology, Territories Tagged With: boat, China, pearl river

The Ideal City of Chaux by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (1773-1806)

November 9, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 4 Comments

In 1789, during the Revolution and specifically during his imprisonment, architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux started the project for the "Ideal City of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Territories Tagged With: chaux, utopia, utopian city

“The Road”(1958): An Antimonument by Oskar Hansen

October 25, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 1 Comment

"The Road" is an unbuilt project by Polish architect Oskar Nikolai Hansen (team leader) with Zofia Hansen, Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz, Edmund Kupiecki, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Fields, Territories Tagged With: antimonument, land art, memorial, monument, open form

Reinventing Suburban Reality: “Constructed” by Pawel Nolbert

October 24, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

"Constructed" is a series of photos by Polish graphic designer, illustrator, and web designer Pawel Nolbert. A selection of the artist's own travel … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Territories Tagged With: Collage, graphic design, photography, Urban

Zones Devoid of Time: Ballard’s Penguin Covers, by David Pelham

September 16, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 2 Comments

David Pelham was an English artist and graphic designer who came to meet author J. G. Ballard through their mutual friend, pop artist Eduardo … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Media, Technology, Territories Tagged With: books, covers, painting, science fiction

On Continuous Space: Louis Kahn’s Olivetti-Underwood Factory

September 14, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 3 Comments

In 1966 Italian typewriters and related products company Olivetti asked architect Louis Kahn to design their factory in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Fields, Territories Tagged With: Concrete, factory, modular

How to Make Architecture Disappear: Ice House I and II by Gianni Pettena (1971-1972)

September 11, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 1 Comment

Italian artist Gianni Pettena conceived a series of works which might be considered on the brink between land art and architecture. Two of the most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Territories Tagged With: ice, landart, suburbs, USA

The Dining and Assembly Hall at Brunswick Primary School by J.Stirling and J.Gowan (1961-1962)

September 7, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

The Dining and Assembly Hall at Brunswick Primary School is a project by James Stirling and James Gowan. Completed in 1962, it is composed of a single … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Territories Tagged With: bricks, square

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