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dig 001 WORDS & T HINGS "We have an interest in landscape when we feel the need to stretch our eyes. Along with this common understanding— and probably because of it—the term landscape enjoys a comprehensive career as a metaphor.… Every chaotic totality is assembled into a unity as soon as it is labeled a landscape. The term “urban landscape” sheds a redeeming glow upon even the most dejected neighbourhood; “industrial landscape” transforms any romping ground for the ravages of industry into an object of aesthetic sensibility." Jørgen Dehs, 2000
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WRITER Steffen Fischer PHOTOGRAPHER Steffen Fischer
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Using the dé rive with a basic set of rules, a psycho-geography of 'Maboneng' was mapped. Follow a white person, find a security guard, map the sound and scentscapes. Using white paper as a blank canvas, a grid was punched into the paper using a sewing machine forming a rigid landscape, literally stitching the urban fabric together. The loose thread contradicts the tight urban structure of the grid.