Art-project: Jesper Nordahl, Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway, 2002. Follow the link "Artist Projects" at your left.
Jesper Nordahl: Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway
Apart from being a network of expressways connecting the city center of Tokyo with more remote districts, Metropolitan Expressway also a series of photographs and a video in-stallation by Jesper Nordahl. The distinct profile of the expressway has been caught in the camera’s eye as it cuts through the cityscape, embodying yesterday’s visionary conception of the future, which first emerged at the time of the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964. According to the “Annual Report 2000” of Nihon Doro Kodan/Japan Expressway Public Corporation, this expressway system not only respects topographical and geological conditions (each section of the expressway being built to withstand earthquakes), but it also respects inter-human and environmental relations, with high-level traffic security, sound-barriers and underground tunnels, when necessary. Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway is a kind of architectural archetype, and such items have been fascinating for Jesper Nordahl in other cases, resulting in several series of works.
From Mats Stjernquists introduction to Jesper Nordahl.
All copyright ©2001-2004 belongs to the authors, artists and Site
You may - however - read/download the full issue (1442kb) by clicking the image above or read/download the articles (to the left) for your personal use.
Apart from being a network of expressways connecting the city center of Tokyo with more remote districts, Metropolitan Expressway also a series of photographs and a video in-stallation by Jesper Nordahl. The distinct profile of the expressway has been caught in the camera’s eye as it cuts through the cityscape, embodying yesterday’s visionary conception of the future, which first emerged at the time of the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964. According to the “Annual Report 2000” of Nihon Doro Kodan/Japan Expressway Public Corporation, this expressway system not only respects topographical and geological conditions (each section of the expressway being built to withstand earthquakes), but it also respects inter-human and environmental relations, with high-level traffic security, sound-barriers and underground tunnels, when necessary. Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway is a kind of architectural archetype, and such items have been fascinating for Jesper Nordahl in other cases, resulting in several series of works.
From Mats Stjernquists introduction to Jesper Nordahl.
All copyright ©2001-2004 belongs to the authors, artists and Site
You may - however - read/download the full issue (1442kb) by clicking the image above or read/download the articles (to the left) for your personal use.
Distorting Time. An Interview with Cedric Price
By Hans-Ulrich Obrist
A Paranoid Reflection On Dislocation And Postmodern Architecture
By Stina Högkvist
Long Awaited Return
By Sven-Olov Wallenstein
Corporate Vernacular
By Ulrika Karlsson
The City As Artifact And Nature
By Lars Mikael Raattamaa
Technology’s Stream Of Consciousness
By Trond Lundemo
”English Proper”
By Brian Manning Delaney
Jesper Nordahl: Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway
Introduction by Mats Stjernstedt
CERFI: An Introduction
By Helena Mattsson, Meike Schalk, Sven-Olov Wallenstein
CERFI: Four Remarks
By Anne Querrien
The History Of CERFI
By François Fourquet
CERFI, Desire, And The Genealogy Of Public Facilities
By Sven-Olov Wallenstein
Schizoanalysis And City
By Helena Mattsson
The Urban Mental Hospital And The State of Research
By Meike Schalk
Nietzsche, Foucault, And Genealogy
By Brian Manning Delaney
The First Discussions, First Tentative Efforts:
Is The City A Force Of Production, Or A Force Of Anti-production?
Despite Its Sharpness, A Fabulous Discussion Does Not Succeed In Penetrating The Enigma Of Capital
(Excerpt from discussions 1972–73)