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A CenSta Top 5: The City

test — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:45:40 +0000

Five works from our members that explore different aspects of the built environment.

1. Night in the city – Decay by Sand625

2. Urban Assemblage F by MarkD

3. bashed buildings and birds by Emmar

4. City Wall (Punctuating Separation), Blue/Grey 2010 by ric.warren

5. Empty City by amoodycow

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A CenSta Top 5: Wood

test — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:22:54 +0000

Following on from our Top 5 blog featuring work made from paper we bring you our favourite pieces of work created from wood.

Structural Relations,Material Inequalities & Social Circumstances 2008 by ric.warren

woodstraw.jpg by dennisjr

Natural wood/cultural wood (Configurations 8-12) by SamStead

Wood Shavings by jetplanelanding

re-cycle wood cycle (detail) by Lee.Muir

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Marks on Maps (Punctuating Division) 2009

genny — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:49:14 +0000

Digital Drawing, from ongoing series ‘Marks on Maps’

With an interest in shifting socio-spatial boundaries within cities, I am currently building upon an investigation of the conceptual understanding, and the physical forms of the ‘temporary’ walls constructed around building sites. Within this process I have become interested in use of forward-slashes within the creation of 2D work. In addition to the aesthetic connection with the batons used in the creation of many construction-site hoardings, I am also interested in their grammatical usage. Similar to physical walls, forward-slashes are used within punctuation to indicate a separation of opposing ideas / alternatives. Taking inspiration from cartography, I am currently experimenting with such typography to create motifs upon grids in an attempt to reference division in physical space.

“Lines of division cut through modern cities. These are not simply questions of marks on maps, nor can we think of features such as roads or bridges merely as useful objects. Apparently neutral divisions in space, the mundane geography of walls, edges and outskirts, can have effects beyond their basic function.”

Fran Tonkiss (Space, The City & Social Theory)

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Hidden Spaces – a month of blogs by members about their hidden space – whether they be real, imagined, unbuilt, cut-off from the public, demolished, spiritually significant or politically sublimated. Read more from the series.