Spaces of such temporary, transient activity as to not have the significance to be regarded as “places”; also called non-space.
The term “non-place” was coined by French anthropologist Marc Augé, who wrote Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity (1995). Examples of non-places include airports, supermarkets, hotel rooms, and highways.
Marc Augé coined the term non-lieux [non-places] to describe specific kinds of spaces, chiefly architectural and technological, designed to be passed through or consumed rather than appropriated, and retaining little or no trace of our engagement with them. These spaces, principally associated with transit and communication, are for Augé the defining characteristics of the contemporary period he calls ‘supermodernity,’ the product and agent of a contemporary crisis in social relations and consequently in the construction of individual identities through such relations.
Il neologismo nonluogo definisce due concetti complementari ma assolutamente distinti: da una parte quegli spazi costruiti per un fine ben specifico (solitamente di trasporto, transito, commercio, tempo libero e svago) e dall'altra il rapporto che viene a crearsi fra gli individui e quegli stessi spazi.
Marc Augé definisce i nonluoghi in contrapposizione ai luoghi antropologici, quindi tutti quegli spazi che hanno la prerogativa di non essere identitari, relazionali e storici. Fanno parte dei nonluoghi sia le strutture necessarie per la circolazione accelerata delle persone e dei beni (autostrade, svincoli e aeroporti), sia i mezzi di trasporto, i grandi centri commerciali, i campi profughi, eccetera. Spazi in cui milioni di individualità si incrociano senza entrare in relazione sospinti o dal desiderio frenetico di consumare o di accelerare le operazioni quotidiane o come porta di accesso ad un cambiamento (reale o simbolico). I nonluoghi sono prodotti della società della surmodernità, incapace di integrare in sé i luoghi storici confinandoli e banalizzandoli in posizioni limitate e circoscritte alla stregua di "curiosità" o di "oggetti interessanti". Simili eppure diversi: le differenze culturali massificate, in ogni centro commerciale possiamo trovare cibo cinese, italiano, messicano e magrebino. Ognuno con un proprio stile e caratteristiche proprie nello spazio assegnato. Senza però contaminazioni e modificazioni prodotte dal nonluogo. Il mondo con tutte le sue diversità è tutto racchiuso lì.
I nonluoghi sono incentrati solamente sul presente e sono altamente rappresentativi della nostra epoca, che è caratterizzata dalla precarietà assoluta (non solo nel campo lavorativo), dalla provvisorietà, dal transito e dal passaggio e da un individualismo solitario. Le persone transitano nei nonluoghi ma nessuno vi abita.
DJ Light is an immersive public sound and light installation that gives visitors the power to orchestrate an awe-inspiring performance of light and sound across a large public space. It was created for energy company Endesa as the cornerstone of their Christmas celebrations in Lima, Peru.
DJ Light is about the exhilaration of one person taking control over a massive space and manipulating the incredible array of light and sound within it using nothing more than their own body. It is an empowering experience where the public is invited to be the artist.
The installation consists of 85 giant globes of light, each capable of displaying millions of colours. As the "guest DJ" assumes their position on the podium, they can use their arms to point and gesture. These movements are translated in real-time into beautiful movements of light and generative sound across the space.
Cinimod Studio are known for their innovative use of technologies, and it is therefore no surprise that "DJ Light" employs some truly innovative technologies. The main controlling hardware and software utilised for DJ Light was made especially for the project, and combines years of on-going research and development.
Each of the inflatable globes contain custom LED lighting, designed and fabricated for maximum controllability and energy efficiency. Each globe has a unique identity that allows the colour to be controlled from the main DJ podium. Suspended above the podium is a high accuracy thermal tracking camera that has been developed by Cinimod to allow for live tracking of the "guest DJ". By tracking every movement of the person below, this camera communicates control signals to the main software programme that is responsible for the live sound and light generation.
With over 400 channels of lighting control and a multi-directional sound system, DJ Light is comprised of a technically advanced set-up. However it is the intention and desire of Cinimod Studio that the focus of the public should be on the beautiful and ephemeral effect of the artwork, rather than on the technology that underlies it.
Project Credits:
Concept design, realisation and implementation: Cinimod Studio (London, UK)
Software programming: Cinimod Studio with Henrik Ekeus (London, UK)
Local project management: Claudia Paz & Cesar Castro (Lima, Peru)
Local production team: Arquileds and Consetec (Lima, Peru)
Accra - Agbogbloshie Sodom and Gomorrah uncommercial-Short-Mood-Documentary
by Chris Caliman
2011
Canon 7D
Music: Gustavo Santaolalla - Can Light Be Found in the Darkness?
Agbogbloshie is a suburb of Accra, Ghana known as a destination for legal and illegal exportation and environmental dumping of electronic waste (e-waste) from industrialized nations. Often referred to as a "digital dumping ground", millions of tons of e-waste are processed each year in Agbogbloshie
Processing electronic waste presents a serious health threat to workers at Agbogbloshie. The fumes released from the burning of the plastics and metals used in electronics are composed of highly toxic chemicals and carcinogens. Workers often inhale lead, cadmium,dioxins, furans, phthalates and brominated flame retardants.
Exposure to these fumes is especially hazardous to children, as these toxins are known to inhibit the development of the reproductive system, the nervous system and the brain.
This short Mood-Documentary is recutted from the material of the german Documentary "Die Kinder der Toxic City" which i shot this year as a second dop with Jürgen Steiger as the first dop with Christian Bock
-director- in Ghana.
Lund - Cathedral restauration Lund Cathedral, Skåne, Sweden
Demolition of the South Tower of Lund Cathedral. During the restauration by Helgo Zettervall in 1860-1880, the medieval towers were demolished and replaced by new towers in old style. The Romanesque cathedral, one of the oldest churches in Scandinavia, was inaugurated in 1145. Rivning av det södra tornet till Lunds domkyrka. Under Helgo Zettervalls restaurering 1860-1880 revs de medeltida tornen och ersattes av nya i gammal stil. Den romanska domkyrkan, som är en av Skandinaviens äldsta kyrkor, invigdes 1145. Parish (socken): Lund
Province (landskap): Skåne
Municipality (kommun): Lund
County (län): Skåne Photograph by: Unknown
Date: c. 1860
Format: Duplicate Persistent URL: http://www.kms.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16000200057187 Read more about the photo database (in english): www.kms.raa.se/cocoon/bild/about.html Swedish National Heritage Board
c. 1860
deaddrops.com/ ‘Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space. USB flash drives are embedded into walls, buildings and curbs accessable to anybody in public space. Everyone is invited to drop or find files on a dead drop. Plug your laptop to a wall, house or pole to share your favorite files and data. Each dead drop is installed empty except a readme.txt file explaining the project. ‘Dead Drops’ is open to participation. If you want to install a dead drop in your city/neighborhood follow the ‘how to’ instructions and submit the location and pictures. awesome soundtrack by
Young Blood – The Naked And Famous
(via fffff.at/autumn-mix-2010/ by Theo)
2010
Bologna - Teatro Comunale È un popolo morto Quello senza un anima. E noi, la nostra, l'abbiamo svenduta al peggior offerente. Nniiccoollaa February 2011
"cascato è il cavo cielo & la cometa
cresta è di cotte croste & cruda creta:
celibe è il cosmo, in chiara crisi cronica,
cubo cilindro & circumsfera conica:
crocida il corvo, cuculia il cuculo,
chiucchiurla il chiurlo & crepita col culo:
cecato mi è il colòn, cacato ho il cazzo,
chiudi 'sta cantilena, can cagnazzo:"
Valencia - Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias FutureStation Valencia-Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències-
Nikon D90 + 18-105mm HDR Raffaele Preti September 2011
San Francisco - Bikeway mural USA, San Francisco, StreetArt : bikeway mural
www.monacaron.com/mural.html The Bikeway mural by Mona Caron
"The mural celebrates and enriches the car-free public space created by the new Duboce Avenue Bikeway-the first time cars have been excluded from a San Francisco street to make room for bikes and pedestrians. The mural emphasizes the special role in the city of the bikeway itself: At the center of the block long, 6,075 square foot mural is a depiction of the bikeway itself, (complete with its mural,) in geographic and historical context along the ancient streambed which cyclists follow to avoid hills. (The zig-zagging route is now known as "the Wiggle.") To the east of the Wiggle is Downtown, to the West, residential neighborhoods, Golden Gate Park and, finally, the beach. The mural extols the joys of bicycling, walking, skating etc, but it also alludes to the political and ecological implications of choosing to get around by non polluting, low budget means: Towards the west (right) end of the mural, a close up view of the ground, where plants and the footprints of animals mingle with a bike track, symbolizes the closer connection to, awareness of, and low impact on nature that such a choice brings. At the east end of the wall (downtown), Market Street's bicycles are seen transforming into pedal-powered flying machines which rise out of the morass of pollution and gridlock. The scene alludes to the subversive nature of Critical Mass in particular, and generally symbolizes the freedom experienced by those with visions of alternatives to the status quo, represented in the mural by frowning corporate skyscrapers. Each of the flying contraptions trails its pilot's dream of utopia in the form of a golden banner. The whole rest of the mural, westwards from this scene, starts in the shape of one of these golden banners, suggesting that this mural depicts just one of many ideas that make up our collective vision. Ours happens to deal with the issue of transportation, and the City depicted in the rest of the mural is a traffic and pollution free one, where the community takes back the space which now fragments it: the street."
Vancouver - Flash mob imagine1day's Official Dancing in the Streets flashmob | Vancouver Canada 2010 Here is imagine1day's official take on the 3000+ amazing flashmob dance that took place on Robson Street, Vancouver, BC Canada during the hustle and bustle of first day of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games on February 13 at 4pm. Thousands of people participated and thousands more watched!
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