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Visionary Urbanism: Photographic, Filmic and Digital Representation
Abstract:
The representation of the urban environment holds a fundamental position in architectural history ranging from the veduta of the Italian Renaissance to contemporary digital representations. Such »visions« complement, extend, subvert or counter the representational tools of the urban designer; tools that include traditional media such as plans, diagrams, aerial photography, and computer-based modeling techniques.
Our concern is the manner in which visual representations of the urban environment have served to document, reflect or deflect urban development, and the manner in which these media have actively contributed to the construction of the urban environment. As the medium most representative of modernity, capturing the dynamic and often fleeting conditions of everyday urban life, filmic media is of particular interest.
This section addresses the extent to which visual representations (1) influence the urban environment through their production, distribution, reception and re-production, (2) are utilized as tools of communication in urban design (3) serve as both a memory of an urban environment transformed by modernization, war or natural catastrophes and as a field of experimentation for future development. »Visionary Urbanism« brings into focus the relationship between visual media and the construction of the urban environment.
Session conveners:
- Nicole Huber
- Ralph Stern
Session type: Specialist Session
Classification: M - Modern
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The City as Split Screen: Urban Identity and its Double in Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love
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The Man Between: Carol Reed's Berlin
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