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Caroline Westhart.
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Berkeley, CA. Barcelona, ES.

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  1. sharonleung:

URBAN SOUND WALKS

“In 2003,” Cabinet Magazine tells us, “Berlin-based sound artist Christina Kubisch began an ongoing project called ‘Electrical Walks.’”For this project, Kubisch has employed “specially built headphones that receive electromagnetic signals from the environment,” transforming those signals “into sound.” In the process, “Kubisch maps a given territory, noting ‘hot spots’ (ATM machines, security systems, electronic cash registers, subway systems, etc.) where the signals are particularly strong or interesting.” In other words, she performs a kind ofaudial psychogeography, zones of the city turned into MP3s, “very beautiful, very dense sounds… like a movie, an audio movie.”The images, represent the sound files those sounds produced, digital noise-maps of urban space.


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    sharonleung:

    URBAN SOUND WALKS

    “In 2003,” Cabinet Magazine tells us, “Berlin-based sound artist Christina Kubisch began an ongoing project called ‘Electrical Walks.’”
    For this project, Kubisch has employed “specially built headphones that receive electromagnetic signals from the environment,” transforming those signals “into sound.” In the process, “Kubisch maps a given territory, noting ‘hot spots’ (ATM machines, security systems, electronic cash registers, subway systems, etc.) where the signals are particularly strong or interesting.” In other words, she performs a kind ofaudial psychogeography, zones of the city turned into MP3s, “very beautiful, very dense sounds… like a movie, an audio movie.”
    The images, represent the sound files those sounds produced, digital noise-maps of urban space.

    (via fuckyeahcartography)

  2. enochliew:

    Cultural Centre by Calderon Folch Sarsanedas Arquitectes

    A multifunctional hall made of local timber that reinterprets the traditional rural Bourgogne’s architecture.

  3. myedol:

    by Paper Donut

    (via urbnist)

  4. enochliew:

    Not Garden by PEG

    An experiment using geo-textile customisations to ‘clean and green’ Philadelphia’s vacant properties.

  5. cabinporn:

    Hackney Shed by Office Sian in London, England.

  6. lettersfromhere:


The Dutch method of [Google satellite image] censorship is notable for its stylistic inventiveness compared to other countries: imposing bold, multi-coloured polygons over sites rather than the subtler and more standard techniques employed elsewhere. The result is a landscape occasionally punctuated by sharp aesthetic contrasts between secret sites and the rural and urban environments surrounding them.

(via Dutch Landscapes | New Writing | Granta Magazine)

    lettersfromhere:

    The Dutch method of [Google satellite image] censorship is notable for its stylistic inventiveness compared to other countries: imposing bold, multi-coloured polygons over sites rather than the subtler and more standard techniques employed elsewhere. The result is a landscape occasionally punctuated by sharp aesthetic contrasts between secret sites and the rural and urban environments surrounding them.

    (via Dutch Landscapes | New Writing | Granta Magazine)

    (via bradleyson)

  7. thegreenurbanist:

invaderjones:

fiend4bikes:

The Mythical MBTA Bike Train! (by Lovely Bicycle!)

Would this be so hard?
What a fantastic idea!

Can we get this on Amtrak trains too please?!
thegreenurbanist:

invaderjones:

fiend4bikes:

The Mythical MBTA Bike Train! (by Lovely Bicycle!)

Would this be so hard?
What a fantastic idea!

Can we get this on Amtrak trains too please?!

    thegreenurbanist:

    invaderjones:

    fiend4bikes:

    The Mythical MBTA Bike Train! (by Lovely Bicycle!)

    Would this be so hard?

    What a fantastic idea!

    Can we get this on Amtrak trains too please?!

    (via secretrepublic)

  8. Chris Ware Chris Ware

    Chris Ware

    (Source: notalkingplz, via urbnist)

  9. archiveofaffinities:

David Hockney, Savings and Loan Building, 1967
archiveofaffinities:

David Hockney, Savings and Loan Building, 1967

    archiveofaffinities:

    David Hockney, Savings and Loan Building, 1967

  10. spatula:

(via Wood Casting / Hilla Shamia | Design d’objet) spatula:

(via Wood Casting / Hilla Shamia | Design d’objet)