contemporary art feeding the current
a work in order to articulate sites
market frenzy – a range yielding a
and systems of meaning(s), uncover
psychic mix in which cultural nos-
emergent discourses and to interpret
talgia and ruthless futurism, na-
meanings into potentialities for a
tionalistic loyalty and avid globalism perpetually contend – the most radical
new theory of landscape/urbanism as well as architecture. These translations
Chinese conceptual artists are also examining
were used to filter global and local analy-
the multivalent relationships between natural
sis of the context for their interventions.
landscape and cultural landscape. For these
Jesse Blankenship; Younsung Chung L/M; Laura
artists, it is the long legacy of Chinese
DesRosiers; Hyun Ju Kim; Sun Gab Kim; Pegah
fine art – originally the domain of paint-
Sadr; Keunbo Yang I/J/K
ers – that extends to the current discourse,
The 50 Km Studio: Infrastructure, -----------
or at least the possibility of discourse, as
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well as the potential for a new theory of
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landscape/urbanism.
Advanced Architecture Studio 6, Spring 2010 --
The studio's entry to China was via the
Laurie Hawkinson ----------------------------
lenses and constructions of recent avant-garde
+ Sean Gallagher, critics -------------------
Chinese artists whose work ranges from video
+ Jason Carlow ------------------------------
art to photography to installation art. That
What role can architecture play in the de-
theses works may broadly be curated under the
velopment of infrastructure projects? Can ar-
rubric of landscape art was to posit that the
chitecture take the lead rather than be an
works were examinations of ecological systems:
afterthought? Could architecture galvanize
natural, urban, human and social. Students de-
large-scale projects around BIG ideas for
veloped material and spatial translations of
public space and infrastructure? E
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