This issue continues to make visible the invisible conditions present around us that inform the way we engage with the city. At the same time, we are bringing forgotten landscapes, hidden away... More > systems and lost environments back to the forefront of the discussion, all of them significant in our history and waiting to be reexamined.
Contributions by Jim Abele, Lorenz Bürgi, Chris Carlsson, Andrew Clark, Annette Ferrara, Iker Gil, Carolina González Vives, Pedro Hernández, Zahra Jewanjee, Jon Johnstone, David Karle, Manuel Lima, Joanna Livieratos, Pablo Martínez, Mark McGinnis, Richard Mosse, OMNIBUS, Antonio Petrov, Stefanie Posavec, Salottobuono, Mar Santamaría, Ya’el Santopinto, and Jonathan Wong. Guest cover designer is Anthony Burrill.< Less
Our Production issue, a collaboration with the Chicago-based collective The Post Family, explores the impact of production in our cities and built environment, and shines light onto several companies... More > we love, with a specific emphasis on those operating in Chicago. In each, we explore the larger implication of our need for production and consumption, as well as the celebration of craft, tradition, excellence and invention.
Contributions by James Black, Anthony Burrill, Edward Burtynsky, Andrew Clark, Jason Fried, Iker Gil, Jonn Herschend, Glenn Hinman, Arnold Horween III, Cody Hudson, Rod Hunting, Chad Kouri, Andreas E.G. Larsson, Julia Luke, MCA’s Teen Creative Agency, Jake Nickell, Prelinger Archives, Nina Rappaport, Deborah Richmond, Michael Salvatore, and David Sieren, who is also the guest cover photographer.< Less
We all set our personal and physical boundaries. They are important to keep us running as well as sane. Other boundaries, established by people, countries or nature are used to define edges, separate... More > two entities, and interrupt natural flows such as human migrations and ecosystems. Natural and artificial boundaries exist and will continue to do so in one way or another. Is it possible, then, to rethink what a boundary is, what its potential in our society can be, and if we even need them?
Contributions by Lawrence Abrahamson, Paola Aguirre, Alaska, Noël Ashby, The Center for Land Use Interpretation, Odile Compagnon, Killian Doherty, Sharon Haar, Interboro Partners, Sean Lally, Teaque Lenahan, Meredith Ludwig, Dennis Milam, Carl H. Nightingale, Jason Pickleman, Yorgos Rimenidis, Brian Rose, Julia Sedlock, Mario Vaquerizo, and Larry Mayorga, who is the guest cover designer.< Less
Western development and that of the world can be categorized as capital's systematic prioritizing of time over space. As time became more and more understood as a set of discrete units that could be... More > exploited as a commodity, the prevailing social time structures could not withstand the seductive pledge of capital. This has led to the current experience of simultaneity in which space, identity, and locality have all been dissolved. It is precisely this bifurcation of space and time that is the focus of this piece. This project tries to usurp this trend by using the very symbols of globalization to reunify the time-space continuum and create identity. This time[less] method will be “historical” without the mimetic nostalgia that permeates most discussions of contextualism. The project involves the reutilization of the abandoned subway tunnels in Cincinnati, OH.< Less
The language of the landscape is pertinent to all designers concerned with the environment. Spanning continents and decades,Gary Dwyer's work in Public and environmental art act as a guide to the... More > processes of understanding place and present innovative methods of site analysis.< Less
Armed with the passion of the heart, the rationale of the mind, and the transcendence of the soul, "Out of Context" takes what we are accustomed to - what we take for granted - and... More > transforms it into something literal enough to be literary and meaningful. As the poems take words and ideas out of context, the reader must take all that's existential and ephemeral out of context - and ascribe meaning to that which seems meaningless.
Put more simply, "Out of Context" seeks to challenge your perceptions and invites you to make every sound, every sight, every sensation - every breath in this life - meaningful.< Less
Armed with the passion of the heart, the rationale of the mind, and the transcendence of the soul, "Out of Context" takes what we are accustomed to - what we take for granted - and... More > transforms it into something literal enough to be literary and meaningful. As the poems take words and ideas out of context, the reader must take all that's existential and ephemeral out of context - and ascribe meaning to that which seems meaningless. Put more simply, "Out of Context" seeks to challenge your perceptions and invites you to make every sound, every sight, every sensation - every breath in this life - meaningful.< Less
