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