Re: <documenta X><blast> the image/the urban

Winfried Melder (WIME@ibh.rwth-aachen.de)
Wed, 13 Aug 1997 08:19:06 GMT+0100

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> A few thoughts, especially in light of Jordan's more recent post of Margaret Morse's quote from "Ontology of Everyday Distracton"...
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> Put in the context of the public 'legibility' of the image and the urban, these implications, in fact, reveal themselves as potentially obstructive for a 'activist inhabitation' of urbanism. It is i>
> But images of our urbanities are certainly created. Even the street light banner presents an image of 'city neighborhood.' Yet there are two problems I have with presenting these images on a level >
> One might also want to look a bit deeper into the issue of the image as representation. Barbara Maria Stafford (there's a hyphen in there somewhere) proposes that in fact, we have denigrated the sta>
> So where would these take us? To imply that the image can be studied through the language of class politics, cultural diversity, and corporate control may sound tempting, but in the end it seems to >
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Please, Mr brian lonsway could you punch in some 'line feeds' and
'Carriage Returns' into your text. It will make reading easier.
That's all about internet an new media --- new rules to follow --
and they are so much easier than day-to-day living ;-)

All the best
Winfried Melder
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> j erik jonsson distinguished visiting assistant professor.
> rensselaer architecture.
> lonsway@rpi.edu.
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