Between urban structures and individual existence, organic and improvised systems emerge. Situated beyond the sophisticated economy and below a level of recognition, they are familiar yet paradoxically invisible. The ordinariness of certain objects is so ubiquitous that they fail to evoke reflection: construction barriers, ads on buses, traffic signs, LCD displays, chained-up bicycles, the fa???ades of stores, subway maps. Endcommerical / Reading the City conducts a visual research project of urban street territory, ...
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Between urban structures and individual existence, organic and improvised systems emerge. Situated beyond the sophisticated economy and below a level of recognition, they are familiar yet paradoxically invisible. The ordinariness of certain objects is so ubiquitous that they fail to evoke reflection: construction barriers, ads on buses, traffic signs, LCD displays, chained-up bicycles, the fa???ades of stores, subway maps. Endcommerical / Reading the City conducts a visual research project of urban street territory, compiling signs, objects, and codes within grammatical relationships that unveil embedded social conditions and contradictions. Taking New York as a paradigmatic urban alphabet, Endcommercial / Reading the City orders a seemingly endless array of informal and empirical photographs, demonstrating the distinction between an unconscious visualization of singularities and an intelligent perception of generality. Initiated by the commercial, subject to fictionalization, it is a reference tool engaged in the thoughtful renewal of our visual vocabulary, opposed to the omnipresent iconography we process everyday.
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Very Good. Size: 8x7x1; No Writing in text, slight wear to edges and cover. Ships with tracking the same or next business day from New Haven, CT. We fully guarantee to ship the exact same item as listed and work hard to maintain our excellent customer service.
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Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit. Unpaginated. 2002. 500 pgs. Illustrated throughout. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in illustrated paper covered cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Between urban structures and individual existence, organic and improvised systems emerge. Situated beyond the sophisticated economy and below a level of recognition, they are familiar yet paradoxically invisible. The ordinariness of certain objects is so ubiquitous that they fail to evoke reflection: construction barriers, ads on buses, traffic signs, LCD displays, chained-up bicycles, the fa ades of stores, subway maps. Endcommerical / Reading the City conducts a visual research project of urban street territory, compiling signs, objects, and codes within grammatical relationships that unveil embedded social conditions and contradictions. Taking New York as a paradigmatic urban alphabet, Endcommercial / Reading the City orders a seemingly endless array of informal and empirical photographs, demonstrating the distinction between an unconscious visualization of singularities and an intelligent perception of generality. Initiated by the commercial, subject to fictionalization, it is a reference tool engaged in the thoughtful renewal of our visual vocabulary, opposed to the omnipresent iconography we process everyday. EB; 8.7 X 7.5 X 1.6 inches; 544 pages.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ein Stuhl ist ein Stuhl, ist eine Getränkekiste, ist ein Hydrant, ist die Straße. Hydranten werden als Sitzgelegenheiten missbraucht, dann wachsen ihnen Stacheln als Schutz dagegen; Tüten und Planen werden zu Membranen und geben dem Verhüllten den Anschein der Verletzlichkeit. Türen, Tafeln, Schilder, Autos, Säulen, Masten, Menschen und die Straße selbst werden als Kommunikations-, Handels-und Projektionsfelder genutzt, erzählen Geschichten, erläutern die Gegenwart, werben, verbieten, erlauben, erinnern Das Foto-Projekt "EndCommercial" hat sich am Beispiel New Yorks den urbanen Raum vorgenommen und in seine semantischen Bestandteile zerlegt. Bild für Bild, Foto für Foto entwickelt sich die innere Grammatik des urbanen Kontextes. In u nd von der Straße aufgesammelt, werden die Ordnungsprinzipien und Lebensspuren ökonomischer Biotope am unteren Ende des Wirtschaftsprozesses dokumentiertSchriften an der Wand, Zeichen auf der Straße, Codes, Symbole, Fragmente, Autorenschaft des Anonymen, Gebrauchsspuren im öffentlichen Wohnraum und die Menschen, die ihn gebrauchen. Die Überraschung, die das Buch auslöst, ist die plötzliche Wahrnehmung des oft Gesehenen und niemals Registrierten.
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Fine. New condition with minor dents along edges of cover. Ship in sturdy box with bubble wrap. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 544 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
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