CONCRETE JUNGLE CONTINUATION

CONCRETE JUNGLE A CONTINUATION OF NARRATIVE ARCHITECTURES NATE SANDERCOCK DRAFT 02-02-22

CONCRETE JUNGLE A CONTINUATION OF NARRATIVE ARCHITECTURES

CONCRETE JUNGLE BEGAN AS A TONGUE-IN-CHEEK SCULPTURE, A FINAL MONUMENT TO EARTH LONG AFTER HUMANITY HAS DRAINED IT OF ITS RESOURCES. THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD, NO MATTER HOW DIRE IT MAY SEEM FOR THE CURRENT INHABITANTS. USING TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL MOTIFS AND ICONOGRAPHY, THE SCULPTURAL MACHINE WORKS AS A LITERAL MANIFESTATION OF A TREE – CREATING A PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE SOLELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ORGANISM WHICH ONCE HARBORED HUMANITY’S SALVATION. WHAT IS OUR ROLE IN REPAIRING THE ORGANISM TO WHICH WE HAVE CAUSED IRREPARABLE DAMAGE, OR IS THE ASSUMPTION OF OUR SUPERIORITY FUTILE? THE EXHIBITION SEEKS TO EXAMINE THE NEXT PHASES OF EARTH AND ITS STORY BEYOND MANKIND’S PERIOD OF DOMINATION, THE SYMBIOCENE.

I. THE RECLAMATION

V. THE FREEZE

II. THE HOLIDAY

VI. THE NOMAD

III. THE CONSTANT

VII. THE FAMILIAR

IV. THE MONOLITH

VIII. THE RESORATION

SOMETHING OVERGROWN

SOMETHING RELAXING

SOMETHING PERSISTENT

SOMETHING FAITHFUL

SOMETHING REPOSING

SOMETHING SOLITARY

SOMETHING PERTINENT

SOMETHING HEALING

I. THE RECLAMATION SOMETHING OVERGROWN

IT’S NOT A DRY HEAT

II. THE HOLIDAY SOMETHING RELAXING

NO CELL SERVICE

III. THE CONSTANT SOMETHING PERSISTENT

FLYOVER STATES

IV. THE MONOLITHS SOMETHING FAITHFUL

NO RULES, JUST RIGHT

V. THE FREEZE

SOMETHING REPOSING

TOO DAMN COLD

VI. THE NOMAD SOMETHING SOLITARY

FINALLY, SILENCE

VII. THE FAMILIAR SOMETHING PERTINENT

I CAN SEE MY HOUSE FROM HERE

VIII. THE RESTORATION SOMETHING HEALING

THE WAY IT SHOULD BE

CONCRETE JUNGLE A CONTINUATION OF NARRATIVE ARCHITECTURES NATE SANDERCOCK DRAFT 02-02-22