The Urban Spectator: American Concept-Cities from Kodak to Google
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The Urban Spectator: American Concept-Cities from Kodak to Google by Eric Gordon:
The Urban Spectator is a lively and utterly fascinating exploration of the ways in which technologies have influenced our collective conception of the American city, as well as our relationship with urban space and architecture. Eric Gordon argues that the city, developing late and in conjunction with a range of modern media, produced a particular way of seeing — what he labels “possessive spectatorship.” Continue reading






[Image: Photograph by Monica Nerula] The Sarai-CSDS Media Lab Associate Fellowship for Contemporary Art and Media Practices:
[Image: Trigger Points for the composition of Michael Mastrototaro, aka MACHFELD] 
S O U N D L I N E S - a drawing for sound interpretation by Marcus Neustetter, with Joao Orecchia, Murray Turpin, Daniel Stompie Selebi, Ziza Mhlongo, Zubz :: November 25, 2009; 7:00 - 9:00 pm :: Sound and Motion Studios / CaityVarsity (Old Carfax Space), Newtown.
Matteo Pasquinelli … suggests that the form of our cities, the organization of our labor, the content of our entertainment and, I would add, the rules of our lawbooks and the teleological principles of our arts and sciences are all dependent on the greed, fear and irrational exuberance that drive the denizens of the electronic markets. - Brian Holmes
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